Example sentences of "[adv] get used " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 2 | As she glared at him , he continued , ‘ So get used to the fact that , if you plan on staying on here , you will unfortunately be seeing rather a lot of me . |
| 3 | It does not take long to get used to plotting points on screen with the mouse , so creating simple straight line shapes soon becomes quite easy . |
| 4 | ‘ And it looks like we 'll be moving there , if she sticks to the asking price , so you 'd better get used to the idea . |
| 5 | ‘ Then , cowpoke , you better get used to having nothing but cows to poke for a while . ’ |
| 6 | THOSE OF you who remember Sly & Robbie 's so-called golden period , when students would approach reggae DJs and ask for ‘ something by Sly & Robbie ’ when the DJ had already been playing records driven by them all night , had better get used to some changes . |
| 7 | They seemed to be making a point on reception of continually stressing , ‘ This is prison so you 'd better get used to it . |
| 8 | You 'd better get used to doing what Mait and Henri tell you . ’ |
| 9 | Oh aye , oh y y you better get used to that , cos it 'll happen for the rest of your life . |
| 10 | Coming from me , teasing is a backhanded compliment , and you 'd better get used to the idea . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd better get used to seeing Rob around . |
| 12 | She 'd better get used to it , Guy thought inflexibly . |
| 13 | and we better get used to all that because it 's not going to change this afternoon . |
| 14 | I was very nervous when I first went ; but I soon got used to it . |
| 15 | I absolutely hated having to wear a skirt but I soon got used to it . |
| 16 | But we soon got used to the place . |
| 17 | ‘ I just got used to being in her shadow and I still thought there were people who did n't reckon I was better , ’ said Smith . |
| 18 | I found that really awkward at first , but I just got used to it and grew to love Les Pauls and just stuck with them from then on . ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Glews : Well you just got used to it really ; you did n't have to go at night if you did n't want to . |
| 20 | About quarter to eleven we got to bed , but they were going on I fell asleep during the middle of it cos I just got used to the noise |
| 21 | This , again , should be no big deal for Cobol programmers , who have already got used to the notion of writing modular code . |
| 22 | Planes roared above , and had he not got used to their sound from his years in the Zoo he might have been afraid of them . |
| 23 | ‘ Terry 's all right , ’ Anne told Sarah , ‘ but I think our Joe feels being away more because he 'd just got used to being at home . |
| 24 | I 've only just got used to responding : ‘ Two pounds please , teacher ’ . |
| 25 | Daft way of having a cup of tea just got used to it |
| 26 | School had been tiring at first on transfer but she had soon got used to it : originally she had belonged to a number of clubs in the early day ( Thursday ) when all such activities take place , but now preferred to go home early . |
| 27 | I visited the President every day during my stay , and soon got used to seeing the ghosts . |
| 28 | She had no idea about milking or anything , but she very very soon got used to it . |
| 29 | They were already getting used to the fact that they were very popular . |
| 30 | They lived in drying-out river beds , thus getting used to deoxygenating environs . |