Example sentences of "[pers pn] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's the kids , too — I want them got away from him . |
| 2 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 3 | Oh , some of them got quite rich . |
| 4 | All of them got highly commended did n't they ? |
| 5 | I got wearily to my feet , muscles aching from the effects of drink and walk . |
| 6 | After I turned 16 , I got heavily into everything . |
| 7 | I think that is a lot of infection about and I know what brought on my cold , it was going out with Mark to Lathenham , and instead of wearing my anorak I only wore my lambs wool throw over , and I got jolly chilled coming out of the car and going into Lathenham church . |
| 8 | When I got closer I found it to be empty and forgotten ; cattle grazed up to its outer walls , its projecting porch was thick with ivy , its gardens with nettles . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , ‘ in those three weeks I got closer to him than anybody . |
| 10 | I could hear the little generator puttering away inside the central mound as I got closer , clearing the trees and looking across and down at where Andy stood . |
| 11 | I got closer and closer to him . |
| 12 | As I got closer to the raised platform at the far end of the church , it was as if the sound was pushing me forward . |
| 13 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 14 | But I have twice dreamt of being led to the noose , the second time I got closer than the first , I hope I never have a third ! |
| 15 | Oh I got best bloody hand around ! |
| 16 | When I got indoors Mum was out but Frankie was sitting in her chair by the fire warming his toes on the fender . |
| 17 | When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry . |
| 18 | As I got nearer the Porsche I saw that during the night someone had taken a sharp instrument to the bodywork . |
| 19 | As I got nearer , I saw they were young people , mostly in their late teens and early twenties . |
| 20 | And I got rather fed up with work last night actually cos there 's a load of drunken idiots and chatting me up . |
| 21 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 22 | ‘ No , but I got pretty close . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I got pretty badly worked . |
| 24 | And I got pretty pissed off with that stuff . |
| 25 | I mean I got pretty bad marks I find it difficult , find it very difficult . |
| 26 | For a while I got deep into The Coasters and The Platters and all this old doo-wop stuff , and that somehow led to writing a song for Tin Machine 's second album . |
| 27 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 28 | It was okay painting window frames , but it was n't going to help me get a job when I got outside . |
| 29 | I looked out of the window and it was the back garden of Dr Jane 's house , and when Mrs Pitt came up to serve me and I complained Dr Jane laughed , and it was really Dr Jane all the time and the whole place was horrible and dark and dirty and when I got outside to follow my friends the ones who were usually in the dream there were n't any people and we were in a sort of studio and the village and the inn it was so obvious now I felt a fool for going in and sitting down and expecting to be served was the crudest sort of cardboard stage set like a model for a child 's history lesson and the colours were horrible and it smelt of a sort of horrible glue and — — |
| 30 | I got slowly out of bed . |