Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 2 | It took me months to get over it . ’ |
| 3 | It 's tremendous really , it 's an unbelievable relief for me , it would have taken me months to get used to a new cue , that 's the only cue I 've ever had er since I started playing eight years ago . |
| 4 | My name 's and my sons get called Doughnuts so I get called Doughnut . |
| 5 | There 's a hatchery in Ilminster where we buy day-old chicks by the thousand — my birds get through about five hundred every month or two . |
| 6 | Well , my fingers get swelling as well , so I thought it would n't do any harm . |
| 7 | But I 'm desperate to go to college , I mean I love my kids and my kids get everything they need , but I ca n't go , it 's holding me back , I ca n't get my two into the creche . |
| 8 | I 'll tell you there 's no way when my kids get older , I do n't care how boring my life is , I will never ever go round their house every week . |
| 9 | No , my clients get a big enough giggle as it is . |
| 10 | ‘ And Theo , ’ he confided , ‘ when I pass on the heath here such a woman with a child on her arm , it pierces me right through , the melancholy , and my eyes get moist . ’ |
| 11 | I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my eyes , and my eyes get hot just as though they were burning but I do n't mind that in the least , and Miss Honey … |
| 12 | Gradually my eyes got used to the glare and I was able to make sense of my surroundings . |
| 13 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 14 | I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner . |
| 15 | My hips go , my knees get too sore , my back stiffens up and I ca n't bend . |
| 16 | ‘ I crawl around on my knees getting the focus right . |
| 17 | Well you 've got all you 've got left , you 've got my presents to get tomorrow . |
| 18 | My legs get all tingly after a bit on account of how I 'm sitting , but I do n't move . |
| 19 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 20 | The boots served me well in wet weather doing an admirable job in keeping my feet dry , but on some of the hotter days this year I did find that my feet got unpleasantly hot and sweaty . |
| 21 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 22 | I now wear Drizabone which works , but my feet get wet and I do n't like wearing wellies . |
| 23 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 24 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 25 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 26 | For instance , against India my emotions got away from me . |
| 27 | The U.S. Consul became responsible for our wellbeing but it was fourteen days or more before my parents got word of my survival after being reported missing on 21 May . ’ |
| 28 | Meetings were held in secret — the boy with the bus fare or the motor-bike waiting at the end of the lane — and elaborate lies told as a cover-up until my parents got wise to what was going on . |
| 29 | I think my parents got used to my outrageousness from an early age . |
| 30 | ‘ My parents got us all started , ’ she explains . |