Example sentences of "[adv] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next few days Maggie slowly got closer to Ana de Santis . |
| 2 | The resurrection of the coal industry slowly got underway . |
| 3 | Allan Lamb duly got there , but Joel Garner produced the perfect yorker to end the innings . |
| 4 | This left West Indies to make 93 , and early on the fifth morning they duly got there , having lost three wickets to Emburey and Edmonds , both of whom bowled well throughout . |
| 5 | Although Home Rule for Scotland in a federated Britain was part of that policy , it rarely got seriously discussed . |
| 6 | When I eventually got downstairs she said to my Dad , ‘ Tell him his breakfast 's in the oven if he wants it . ’ |
| 7 | We eventually got away from the station and camped two hours later near a marsh , where we shot some duck for dinner , and two lily-trotters for our collection . |
| 8 | When the man eventually got home that day he told the assembled villagers of our meeting , and my warning , and said that after he had watched me go round a bend in the road a hundred yards away he started to light the cigarette I had given him . |
| 9 | When I eventually got home the crumpet packet was lying empty on the kitchen floor while Bilbo Baggins , the new puppy my daughters had brought home from the dogs ' home , was lying full beside it . |
| 10 | Ironically when it eventually got close to Black Rock , no " rescue " could be made because of low water . |
| 11 | ‘ I only got away by throwing hen feed at the sheep to distract them . ’ |
| 12 | He only got away with money in one of the raids . |
| 13 | ‘ We only got here three days ago . ’ |
| 14 | I only got here last night . |
| 15 | ‘ We only got halfway . |
| 16 | I mean , we only got halfway up … |
| 17 | And although the competition only got underway at the NEC event , organisers Reed Automotive have already been flooded with calls from owners . |
| 18 | Well they should take them off , only got about twenty ships left . |
| 19 | Despite the adoption , McCarty spent less and less time with Cooper , who only got more arrogant and eccentric . |
| 20 | ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 21 | Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend . |
| 22 | I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final . |
| 23 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 24 | Nik Cohn , that indefatigable chronicler of popular culture , set out to walk Broadway in its entirety — but he only got as far as 42nd Street . |
| 25 | No , he only got this far . |
| 26 | I must say I suddenly got pretty apprehensive about what my aunt and uncle would say as they listened to my stammering explanation . |
| 27 | I quite suddenly got very bored with M 's conversation tonight . |
| 28 | They were settling down to a family Christmas at home when Belinda suddenly got very tired and her temperature soared . |
| 29 | Then she suddenly got very annoyed with herself . |
| 30 | ‘ They were just going to check that we were all right when Margot suddenly got quite excitable and delirious — so unlike her . ’ |