accustomed

Infinitive complement

• think: It is about the way that we have become accustomed to think about this issue for decades.

Modifying Another Word

• so: She'd become so accustomed to the British Roadster, and now had to change over to a VW Golf convertible.
• quite: Many of these Wildlife Reserves are long established, consequently some of the wildlife have become quite accustomed to visitors.
• not: Was she not accustomed to demanding barley in the middle of the night?
• somewhat: I for one am grown somewhat accustomed to them.
• very: After a while, your pet will become very accustomed to the new baby in the house.
• too: The trouble was, as far as I can tell, that I've become too accustomed to a more cerebral gaming experience.

Used with adjective complement

• become: I have become accustomed to watching the 5am news, not the 5pm news.
• grow: We've grown accustomed to a Britain without miners.
• get: You can also use a rat pouch, which is an ideal refuges for baby rats getting accustomed to being close to you.

Modifies a noun

• place: What is wrong with wanting to ensure that we keep God in his accustomed place?
• hour: At the accustomed hour, too, the bell had sounded thrice to call the family to worship.
• position: He buys a ticket and takes up his accustomed position under the train carriage.
• energy: Executives frequently ` ` go stale ' ' on their jobs and lose their accustomed energy and initiative.
• wage: If they could retain their accustomed wage with less effort, they would do so.
• form: Their esthetics departed noticeably from the accustomed free form heard in Iskra and Lokomotiv Konkret.