Example sentences of "we got [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off . |
| 2 | English-born , actually , and we got on like a house on fire . |
| 3 | We got on like a house on fire . |
| 4 | Erm Devon , erm and their distaste of their neighbours , or distrust of Cornwall , I know , on one occasion , in the first fortnight , I think , we were in the Y M at Devonport , and er there was an argument with the Duke of Cornwall 's light infantry and er well , I know we got out of a back window of the Y M fairly smartish , erm avoiding trouble . |
| 5 | We got out of a job then , nicely |
| 6 | Finally we got off in a street with enormous shops with beautiful window displays : I could have stood gazing at them for hours , but Mary pulled me away . |