Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , most users saw the centres as somewhere to go to get out of the house rather than somewhere to learn . |
| 2 | Chelmsford 's sixth gold medal was earned by Simon Bown , an unemployed 18-year-old who is widely tipped to get an international vest this Summer throwing the hammer . |
| 3 | Rowan Martin , who had worked for 20 years with the department , had been widely tipped to get the new post of deputy director of the department , until his arrest in mid-1992 on corruption charges , on which he was later exonerated . |
| 4 | I suppose in a way it 's a bit like the tail wagging the dog to a certain extent , whereby the er larger institutions rather want to get their two pence worth , er rather than let the Engineering Council take over . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you secretly enjoy getting in my hair ? ’ |
| 6 | Slowly Georg got out of the van , looked around to make sure there was no-one who knew him , then he walked quickly across to the station restaurant , entered , and hid himself quickly in a booth that had a view of the rails . |
| 7 | But you can be absolutely sure that , if that is the position of your business , somebody else somewhere has got your card marked as an easy number and is about to take you by surprise . |
| 8 | Someone , somewhere has got to be joking ! |
| 9 | ‘ I believe someone somewhere has got a good idea . |
| 10 | ‘ Their talent has matured and , although I still love the early stuff , everything since has got better and better . |
| 11 | Resource investigators the information the group needs to work on has got to come from outside somewhere and resource investigators bring it in . |
| 12 | They tell little lies to get themselves out of trouble or make themselves look good , but real villains live in a fantasy world . |
| 13 | In their headlong rush they naturally tend to get their corners knocked off at each bounce , so they end up as peculiarly smooth , rounded lumps , the smoothness being the result of mechanical abrasion . |
| 14 | They moved to cheaper hotels where they were not supposed to have food in their rooms but took it in turns to get breakfast and hide tiny stoves in the wardrobes while waving the cooking fumes out of the window . |
| 15 | ‘ Now that has been reached , he will only want to get on with the future . ’ |
| 16 | I mean , he only got to get his clothes on and go to work , the same . |
| 17 | But as I say I do n't necessarily want to get involved in too much of the detail of the statistics of it , I simply want to make the overall point that we 've been told that there are three thousand unemployed . |
| 18 | ’ I do n't much want to get anywhere , ’ I mumbled . |
| 19 | But so far Labour is better organised to get its message over . |
| 20 | As I have not had any personal experience of prostitution , I obviously want to get my fact right . |
| 21 | As a Lotus user , you obviously want to get the most from your software . |
| 22 | Yeah , but , so with that all he only needs , he only needs to get |
| 23 | ‘ I only tried to get Lina a job . ’ |
| 24 | I think to be quite honest , if they 're not interested enough to try to get to classes |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm surprised the Barnet fans have n't got together to try to get the club taken over and I 'm also surprised that Barry Fry is still there . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We only want to get engaged . |
| 27 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
| 28 | Several Q.T 's have joined us over the months and have greatly enjoyed getting to know the students and working with them . |
| 29 | Anyway , what makes you think I suddenly want to get rid of you ? |
| 30 | They were the big surprise at Phillips ' auction of collectors ' items in Oxford , they were only expected to get about fifty pounds . |