Example sentences of "used to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had all grown used to the sounds of the camp : the low open-air roar of many voices , the lowing of cattle , the chiming of harness and smith-work , the continual creak of John 's waterpumps ; the intermittent discharge of either cannon or handguns . |
| 2 | Baldwin 's reply was not very different from words lie had used to the July deputation , but this time of course lie was speaking in public and with his words immediately available for all to refer to : |
| 3 | He outlined his purpose to the pair of journalists in much the same words as he had used to the members of the nascent Rothschild CPRS on the lawn at No. 10 in 1971 : |
| 4 | She had long since grown used to the sight of her only daughter charging recklessly into battle — usually with her hand firmly clasped on the wrong end of the stick . |
| 5 | In the most competitive of the three preliminary rounds , designed to get horses used to the arena before the cup begins in earnest , she and Forester had easily the best of a four horse jump-off . |
| 6 | Leaving the brightness of the house behind it was n't easy to get my eyes used to the darkness . |
| 7 | Well used to the treasures of the foreshore , the dealer wiped the gleaming surfaces free , not with water this time , but with something out of a bottle . |
| 8 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 9 | Well , you ca n't blame them , Sergeant , they 're like me , not used to the country , real townees . |
| 10 | Okay erm now you you 've used to the equations of motion for a constant acceleration are you ? |
| 11 | She would never grow used to the way he hated her . |
| 12 | Willie had grown used to the changes in his room so that he was pleasantly surprised at Zach 's excitement over it . |
| 13 | Since its first revolutionary impact , he had become more used to the experience . |
| 14 | Long used to the presence of humans , these were quite tame — even inquisitive — and the permanent twitching of the creature 's nose would have done nothing to hinder the emergence of the expression . |
| 15 | It was curious how soon you grew used to the presence of another person in your home . |
| 16 | The first lesson is one in humility , getting you used to the ball being more often on the ground than in the air . |
| 17 | She was still not completely used to the journey northwards to the small empty house , when for so long she had gone southwards to the big flat near Westminster Cathedral , where her mother had waited , eager to hear every detail of her day . |
| 18 | Once a week bath night , now we do all these dirty jobs , because next door she had her own coal Lashmere cooking you see , and we had to make do with wood , and that entails cutting it ourselves , so our weekend , we worked Saturday mornings ; Sunday used to the day we had to do all the cottage work . |
| 19 | His violence towards them might even be deemed no more than a Satanic desire to get them used to the notion of reigning in Hell rather than serving in Heaven . |
| 20 | Sand was a writer with a popular following ; Flaubert , who never grew used to the lashings he got from the critics , struggled to follow her instructions to rise above their hostility . |
| 21 | For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home . |
| 22 | Using pigment analysis , cross-section analysis , energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis ( EDX ) , laser microspectral analysis ( LMA ) and X-rays among other techniques , Dr Roy and his colleagues were able to show how these great paintings evolved , from the type of canvases used to the pigments and the painting techniques themselves . |
| 23 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 24 | Conservative Cabinets used to present a strong contrast to Labour ones , as ‘ Labour governments are very much more used to the idea of people being mandated to do things . |
| 25 | After the first week they should have grown used to the idea that on some evenings the pantry will be bare . |
| 26 | In the days since her visit to me , her mind had become so used to the idea of walking in the vicinity of birds that it had seemed quite a natural thing to do . |
| 27 | Part of the problem is that employees have grown used to the idea that they are not supposed to take initiatives . |
| 28 | Abie Klugman had long grown used to the taunt — it was Aronson 's stock joke for all of the ten years they had been lodging with Mrs Neumann , and he no longer minded it . |
| 29 | Think back to the stuff we did on memory , a little and often is a good way of trying to remember things Okay , it 's useful if you 've covered topic areas to actually think about writing essays about questions that you think about to get you used to the style and time s scale of actually dealing with exams . |
| 30 | I have grown used to the fact that I will never ‘ convert ’ some colleagues however enthusiastic , persuasive or reasoned I am . |