Example sentences of "[vb past] get [adv prt] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Again Frank Wootton on Shogun tried to get through , and again Aboyeur cut him off . |
| 5 | We tried to get through and ask him the question on air . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 8 | With a new mailing address and telephone number , the Colemans tried to get on with their lives . |
| 9 | Carolyn tried to get on with them ; listened to them , read their magazines , had things explained by Clare . |
| 10 | ‘ The farmers probably tried to get on with farming and making a living while all the fighting was going on , ’ said Hilary Wade . |
| 11 | She tried to get up on all fours , and bumped her head on the underside of the bed . |
| 12 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 13 | If you have , you will know how weak your muscles were when first you tried to get up and walk again . |
| 14 | The girl on the ground moaned and tried to get up on her elbows . |
| 15 | I tried to get up but Derek 's firm hands pushed me back down . |
| 16 | Clutching her bag , she tried to get up again , but they were hanging on her shoulders . |
| 17 | George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle . |
| 18 | When I woke up next morning , and tried to get up , I could not move . |
| 19 | He tried to get up but his leg was still hurting him badly . |
| 20 | Meg tried to get up to see , but with a gentle pressure he pushed her back down . |
| 21 | He tried to get up , and fell over . |
| 22 | Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up . |
| 23 | He folded up sideways against the winch , and immediately tried to get up again . |
| 24 | Pure as woodwind , and tried to get up , |
| 25 | I tried to get up but my legs were pulled from under me and I was kicked by my opponent . |
| 26 | As Mr Hallam tried to get up , a member of the opposing team grabbed hold of him in a kind of headlock and he saw Newton kick Mr Hallam in the jaw . |
| 27 | McKeever and Huling ( 1970a ) tried to get over this problem by presenting a digit at fixation point at the same time as a stimulus appeared in one or other visual field . |
| 28 | The inspector duly obliged , but when the couple tried to get off he barred them , explaining that on the cheapest ticket they could travel to Leeds and back — but not leave the train . |
| 29 | Kate had come across them all her working life , from the solicitors who tried to get off known offenders to the social workers who stood up in courts of law and gave character references for people who should have been locked up once and for all . |
| 30 | There were alternative scenarios : the killer , an outsider , was still with his victim when Gerald tried to get in but , by the time the woman arrived , he had left . |