Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Anna bullied the trustees into changing her investments , she made them get rid of large blocks of French loan and Russian railways and go into something pacific and domestic instead like American soap companies . |
| 2 | Downstairs the Disco provided a large crowd with the sounds that made them get on the floor and bring a whole new ball game to the w world of the Barn Dance . |
| 3 | Suddenly there were policemen everywhere who ran into the suite and made everyone get up against the wall with their hands above their heads . |
| 4 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
| 5 | But he let nothing get in the way of his chief purpose . |
| 6 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 7 | ‘ She had enough clothes for a month , never mind a few days , ’ said one of Elizabeth 's friends , who helped them get ready for the trip . |
| 8 | It helped them get the over-all view of what was happening here , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 10 | I 'm 32 and have been climbing seriously for the last 18 years , which helped me get accepted . |
| 11 | In return for free accommodation and a lot of my attention , they helped me get up and go to bed . |
| 12 | Carradine helped me get out of the diner , but I did n't feel so bad . |
| 13 | ‘ Ireland 's vastly-improved performances obviously helped me get on stand-by for this tour . ’ |
| 14 | Clare let herself get angry . |
| 15 | It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him . |
| 16 | Dolly let him get on with it in the usual way . |
| 17 | She let him get away with it . |
| 18 | We helped him get to his feet and into a chair . |
| 19 | He really wants the mud to show his best , but I have to say that this ground helped him get the trip . ’ |
| 20 | The identity of the person who abandoned the Zodiac dinghy and therefore presumably planted the bombs has never been discovered but from the descriptions it seems fairly certain it was Bartelo from the Ouvéa , while the man who helped him get the dinghy into the water was Mafart . |
| 21 | It 's alleged he cut his thumb on the broken glass and that Paterson helped him get rid of the bloodstained clothing . |
| 22 | — An ex-soldier believes his work with the OU helped him get his present job as a computing lecturer at Darlington College of Technology . |
| 23 | Ajayi was trying to cultivate the seneschal 's acquaintance ( when her sore leg and stiff back let her get down to the basement levels where he was usually to be found ) whereas Quiss had started out trying to intimidate him . |
| 24 | It was a fantastic round , but really , you know , he let it get away from him . |
| 25 | It was actually who helped us get off the ground again by giving us credit on Kositos ( flaked maize ) . |
| 26 | Tactics for outwitting the ticket office phone system and managing to get hold of tickets ( the consensus was use the Fax Method — if it helped us get a replay against Stuttgart , just think what it can do when you want a ticket for West Ham away on a Tuesday night in December ) |
| 27 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 28 | This was the only time I heard anyone get the better of Wellington . |
| 29 | She knew that neither Jasper nor Bert would be up early , but made herself get up in time to join Jim for tea and cornflakes . |
| 30 | She thought of staying to nurse it in bed , but then remembered her promise to Felicity Suvarov and made herself get up . |