Example sentences of "[adv] get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rather got the impression that they would take him er , er , continue interest in what would happen , I 've got the impression they have a representative here to give their view of how it was er |
| 2 | The effect of this was that young fans rarely got the opportunity to travel on the Supporters ' Club coaches and , since travelling by British Rail was often a hazardous and expensive venture , alternative arrangements were needed . |
| 3 | Help provided by an ACET volunteer eventually got the flat ship-shape again and life became easier . |
| 4 | Already I had had presentiments of the satisfaction I would feel when I eventually got the bag home — the huge relief as I unpacked my treasures . |
| 5 | He eventually got the hang of it but to this day , keeps well clear of water . |
| 6 | He eventually got the girl to agree to a date and walked around with an idiot smile on his face for the few weeks beforehand . |
| 7 | I went for a chat with Father Chris and eventually got the job . |
| 8 | Since the , there have been hints of enthusiasm in certain quarters for the wristy genius Mushtaq Ahmed ( who eventually got the nod — ED . ) . |
| 9 | We eventually got the repairs done free of charge , despite the fact that we were on the verge of receiving a repair bill totalling £100 . |
| 10 | They eventually got the message after about 30 minutes that we were not prepared to bribe them with anything and let us through to the Romanian side . |
| 11 | Ballymena eventually got the equaliser 11 minutes from the end after referee Tommy Deegan awarded them a penalty when Speak was impeded by McGurnaghan . |
| 12 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 13 | At least half a dozen six-figure offers for Jodami have been rejected , and Beaumont said : ‘ They eventually got the message he was not on the market . |
| 14 | I think we never rightly got the hang of it afterwards . |
| 15 | There is some evidence that it was Snowden who suggested the formula of the ‘ doctor 's mandate ’ , at a Cabinet meeting on 5 October , under which the component parts of the National Government were each to issue their own manifestos , with a separate personal appeal from the Prime Minister , According to Neville Chamberlain , ‘ Snowden … produced the suggestion that the Prime Minister should issue his own manifesto asking for a free hand [ i.e. on tariffs ] and the two Party leaders should each issue their own programmes and to our astonishment this was at once accepted by the Liberals , ' Amery , who perhaps got the information from Chamberlain , wrote in his diary on 6 October , ‘ Apparently when the deadlock seemed most complete Snowden suggested that the PM should issue his own manifesto , each of the other party leaders issuing theirs . ' |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't know much else about him — only got the message this afternoon . ’ |
| 17 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 18 | Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . |
| 19 | Well I not only got the job , I was made principal ( and that another miracle ) and Douglas not only supports me , He 's going to join me later . |
| 20 | A pity the author only got the respect she deserved after her untimely death . |
| 21 | Rourke only got the part because the film 's director , Walter Hill , insisted on using him . |
| 22 | And how she only got the part because first choice Meg Ryan was pregnant . |
| 23 | She said they only got the men in when it went wrong . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid I only got the briefest details on you , " he said by way of explanation . |
| 25 | They 'd already split their team to cover both the gym and some other place , and then split it again to follow you , so Blagg only got the leftovers , spotted them , and took to the hills . ’ |
| 26 | You only got the same amount of money end of the week . |
| 27 | We only got the message this morning " |
| 28 | It was always touch and go whether he would be fit to take his place , and he only got the nod after coming through a trial game without any problems . |
| 29 | It was always touch and go whether he would be fit to take his place , and he only got the nod after coming through a trial game without any problems . |
| 30 | Mr Wilkie got ten out of the 12 questions correct , and only got the other two wrong — the size of the £2,000 band and the increase in duty on unleaded petrol — by thinking the Chancellor would be even tougher than he turned out to be . |