Example sentences of "[coord] get [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 As a result , the body would not normally receive light during the critical period , but it would do so if the patient stayed awake all night or got up early .
2 They must be used to that , or got out of practice .
3 Such an argument , in implying that the problem is simply a question of the lack of history or of its presence , as if history were some undifferentiated entity that could just be added or taken away , stepped into or got out of , skates over the fact that the real question has always focused on the much more difficult issue of what kind of history , and of what status can be accorded to historical thought .
4 If residents are to make choices , these will include going shopping , out to a centre of worship , staying up late , or getting up late .
5 After all , the weather does not normally stop you getting to work , playing golf , or getting on with the rest of your life .
6 The barriers to rationality outlined above , in terms of the lack of organisational , intellectual resources and time mean that the well-intentioned official will settle for satisficing or getting by .
7 Antony Royd was going to look like a beer advert in another year or two , coming into the bar from the polo-field or getting out of his powerboat after a race .
8 ‘ I simply have n't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove — I 'd rather be out playing with the children or getting out and about , but I do try to make sure we eat well . ’
9 I keep hearing of people being sacked or getting out .
10 It was a familiar sight to see her running up and down the side line refereeing , or getting out her bike to cycle out to the reserve to organise Guides .
11 This is the time when most parents retire to a comfortable chair or get on with their other jobs .
12 Now Ted did n't have a bath or get up until eleven o'clock , when he read the paper until the pubs were open .
13 After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room .
14 Well , every time I come off it , or get back into it , I 've learned something new about meself , like .
15 Dogs can easily leap over it or get in through the hedge on the south side .
16 or get in and put her in her boot
17 I could easily appeal , or get off .
18 Now will you either pay yer fare or get off ma tram ! ’
19 Instead of waiting a matter of seconds for the lights to change , the hapless riders either remain in the saddle , take a chance when they see a gap in the traffic , or get off and wait for the green man .
20 Do n't climb on the chair with your feet , your socks , come on you 'll hurt yourself you sit down or get off !
21 I even saw one video of a council meeting where an irate councillor , having virtually dug himself into a trench in an attempt to protect his interests in the face of strategic questioning by the YCCC , actually lost his cool and demanded that an old man who was tape-recording the meeting should either stop recording or get out !
22 It was a choice of buy up or get out .
23 16 Shut up or get out
24 CENSORSHIP Shut up or get out Michael Meacher , MP , reports on the growing threat to people who blow the whistle on their employers
25 Further to Micheal Meacher 's article on the censorship of whistleblower ( ‘ Shut up or get out ’ , 1 May ) , nurses , midwives and health visitors are clearly enjoined by their regulatory body , the United Kingdom Central Council ( UKCC ) , that their first loyalty must be to their patients or clients .
26 In a way , the planetary message is : grow or get out .
27 Back down or get out , Major warns Delors
28 And by last night , with the pound still falling below its permitted floor within the ERM , Mr Lamont was faced with two options — devalue or get out of Euro system .
29 I have never seen anyone create a gap in the crowd for one of the nice people , who are stagediving either to have fun or get out of a painful suffocating position in front .
30 The ultimatum was as follows : " Get in X number of clients next week , or get out ! "
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