Example sentences of "[det] get used " in BNC.

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1 Every single word of recitative is included ( with a spasmodic fortepiano accompaniment that takes some getting used to ) , and all six characters are delineated with exceptional vividness .
2 He admits , though , that moving the baton in three dimensions does take some getting used to .
3 ‘ It takes some getting used to , ’ said the Dane .
4 The particularly uncompromising , raw sound of the Jaeckel organ at the Salem Lutheran Church in Wausau may take some getting used to .
5 It was clean , relatively well-furnished , and only a minute from the Gare du Nord , although the purple palm tree wallpaper took some getting used to .
6 This takes some getting used to , but claustrophobic fingertips need not concern themselves unduly , as the feeling is dispelled immediately upon picking up the guitar .
7 The actual point of this transition depends on several factors and it is this change of response which takes some getting used to , particularly for those with lots of fixed-wing experience .
8 Of course this will take some getting used to and the referees will have to work hard to be consistent .
9 It 's all very different and will take some getting used to .
10 If you are used to the low rectangular shape of most best sanders , the bizarre profile of the BD75E take some getting used to .
11 Electric shavers are fast , convenient and safe , although some users find dry shaving takes some getting used to .
12 They can take some getting used to and a bit of furtive fumbling is to be expected on the first few occasions .
13 It took some getting used to the idea that Gentiles were fellow-heirs in God 's kingdom , brothers and sisters in the same family , for there was a great deal of prejudice against the Gentiles .
14 However , even he admitted that the condition took some getting used to in his speech at the reception .
15 The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to .
16 That , thought Dyson , really was the funniest thing about death ; that 's what really took some getting used to .
17 After using a pistol-shaped dryer , this rather flat , lollipop-shaped dryer took some getting used to .
18 This would take some getting used to .
19 ‘ The silence does take some getting used to , ’ he agreed .
20 Once you come into contact with the other side you can drop down into command the individual tanks and engage in fast armoured conflict — the controls here do take some getting used to , although you can opt to assign either the driving or firing to the computer .
21 Even in Darcy 's Utopia it will take quite some getting used to .
22 It will take some getting used to .
23 The eating takes some getting used to , but the drinking 's the same .
24 Saturdays are going to take some , they always take some getting used to when the football season 's first finishing .
25 I think we 've all got used to , with some products at least , asking questions about how green it is , whether it 's recycled paper , whether it 's going to destroy the ozone layer , as well as asking questions like what price is it , but if we 're going to decide whether one jar of coffee is fair-traded as opposed to another one , what questions do we need to kn know the answers to , to decide that .
26 They all get used .
27 We are all getting used to seeing bottle banks in our towns and at supermarkets .
28 They 'll all get used , do n't you worry . ’ )
29 One of those gets used by various people , no idea who any of 'em are .
30 Anyway , the sound of the three Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II pickups is as good an incentive as any to get used to this guitar .
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