Example sentences of "used to [v-ing] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art could not speak , he had become so used to meeting Daphne for lunch once a week , it was part of his life , he felt shocked , strange , bereft . |
| 2 | People are very used to watching television for entertainment and not for information . |
| 3 | The study identified a difference in business culture between the UK , where the business community is used to receiving offers for the acquisition of a company , and the rest of the EC . |
| 4 | However , these readers were students of English , which means that they were used to reading texts for tutorials that they might not have chosen to read on their own . |
| 5 | They were not used to exercising responsibility for themselves . |
| 6 | Latvia , in common with other former republics of the now defunct Soviet Union , is looking to the West not only for help but ideas as it tries to rebuild its shattered economy and create a better way of life in a society which has not been used to making decisions for itself . |
| 7 | She was used to fashioning scenery for the background . |