Example sentences of "[vb past] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree with a lot of what he said but one point he repeatedly made got up my nose . |
| 2 | Used get as much as he could of them , I do n't know was it to keep the the amount of them down or not . |
| 3 | The normal daily routine involved getting up at around 6am and stopping for a long lunch at midday in order to avoid the most intense heat . |
| 4 | I used to do a job which involved getting up at an unearthly hour while , as far as I could tell , the rest of the world slept . |
| 5 | I listened as the young man tried to get away — telling the wino he did n't have any money . |
| 6 | Some people complained that the realistic sobbing of the Beast , slumped on the ground at the ballet 's opening and again when Beauty hurls the rose back at him , was out of place in a ballet , but it conveyed the point without needing any artificial mime — something he always tried to get away from , wanting anyone to be able to understand his work without needing to learn the conventions first . |
| 7 | She in turn tried to get away from the bird , but was so firmly strapped into the chair that she was unable to move . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 9 | Already the Tans were running towards him , guns being waved menacingly in case he tried to get away . |
| 10 | The Humans were sitting a little way off ; Balor would hear them if they tried to get away . |
| 11 | The fact that I tried to get away from you — presented you with an unaccustomed challenge ? ’ |
| 12 | She stiffened in his arms , tried to get away . |
| 13 | She jack-knifed up , tried to get away . |
| 14 | He tried to get away in his wheelchair , but they caught him in the hallway . |
| 15 | Yet any individual who tried to get away with that would be regarded as either a crook or a crank or most likely both . |
| 16 | tried to get away |
| 17 | They 're not very flattering they did n't er , you were n't rated very highly I 'm afraid I think er you tried to get away from the traditional type of |
| 18 | Again Frank Wootton on Shogun tried to get through , and again Aboyeur cut him off . |
| 19 | We tried to get through and ask him the question on air . |
| 20 | When her owner tried to get on , she crossed her jaws , and flung herself up on to her hind legs , wild-eyed and distraught ; and no amount of reassurance , leaving the reins completely slack , or having another person hold her made any difference . |
| 21 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 22 | With a new mailing address and telephone number , the Colemans tried to get on with their lives . |
| 23 | Carolyn tried to get on with them ; listened to them , read their magazines , had things explained by Clare . |
| 24 | ‘ The farmers probably tried to get on with farming and making a living while all the fighting was going on , ’ said Hilary Wade . |
| 25 | She tried to get up on all fours , and bumped her head on the underside of the bed . |
| 26 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 27 | If you have , you will know how weak your muscles were when first you tried to get up and walk again . |
| 28 | The girl on the ground moaned and tried to get up on her elbows . |
| 29 | I tried to get up but Derek 's firm hands pushed me back down . |
| 30 | Clutching her bag , she tried to get up again , but they were hanging on her shoulders . |