Example sentences of "[vb past] get thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps if we tried to get things straight in our minds now , it might hurry the enquiry along , ’ Peggy suggested , casually . |
| 2 | She 'd got thing in her in her er yeah what 's what it is up she damaged it ooh some years ago and it 's been a bit weak since like , you know but sh it was only a few weeks ago we got some computer big computer , with big discs and she twisted her hand in in pulling one out , you know it 's I do n't how , the fell or something and she went to cash it or whatever and of course we 're riding the motorbike for the like you have to change gear it 's only a small seater , your bike 's open |
| 3 | Outwardly she had seemed no different — she 'd laughed and joked with the customers , dealt with any business matters competently and efficiently , managed to get things back on to an even keel at the club . |
| 4 | Henry was n't nosy but he liked to get things straight . |
| 5 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 6 | Maximilian , wanting to make sure he had got things right , repeated in German to Willoughby what Edward had just said , and Willoughby , who spoke German , nodded wanly . |
| 7 | In this particular respect Morse ( suggesting the likelihood of the Botley Road area ) had got things quite wrong , for it was at the Hertz ‘ Rent-a-Car ’ offices at the top of the Woodstock Road where Dixon had finally spotted the name he was looking for with all the excitement of a young angler just hooking a heavyweight pike . |
| 8 | You had to get things by mail order , but now you can get anything in the shops . |
| 9 | He knew he had to get things done before it was too late . |
| 10 | Owen was , he was aware , a hired man and not a member of the charmed social circle and if he wanted to get things done he had to do it indirectly by tweaking the inner social system . |