Example sentences of "[that] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you have a formal qualification in electronics , or was it an interest that got slightly out of hand ? |
| 2 | ‘ When I wrote it , ’ he remembers , staring at the floor like a child admitting to shoplifting , ‘ I was in the middle of a really , really serious obsession that got completely out of hand . |
| 3 | If there was one thing that got right up a nome 's nose , it was someone saying , ‘ Here is a really sensible idea . |
| 4 | Privatisation that got away shows how to share the corporate bounty Outlook . |
| 5 | NFC stands as a monument to the irrelevance of both nationalisation and denationalisation ; and as a monument to the vision of Sir Peter Thompson and his colleagues whose commitment to employee involvement has made the transport group , which was floated in February , the one privatisation that got away . |
| 6 | Fluke 's ‘ Joni ’ , a furious homage to Joni Mitchell 's ‘ Big Yellow Taxi ’ , was one of the dance singles that got away last summer . |
| 7 | The only German prisoner ever to escape from Britain , described in the book The One that Got Away , made his first attempt from Fetherstone . |
| 8 | In the evening , before a roaring open fire , we read ; and talked endlessly about the ones that got away , and the few that did n't . |
| 9 | Anglers like to talk of ‘ the one that got away ’ , but at least they occasionally bag a fish to flesh out their claims . |
| 10 | PATRICK DOBBS ON A HOBBY THAT GOT AWAY |
| 11 | Some may have a thought , even a regret , for the ones that got away — those they might have married but now will not . |
| 12 | Saucy Cecil Parkinson lets his fingers do the talking about the one that got away . |
| 13 | One that got away |
| 14 | During her career she became something of a film star , taking part in such films as , Angels One Five , Reach for the Sky , The One That Got Away , and Battle of Britain . |
| 15 | No , the bad cover is always a committee cock-up , a sign of its times , or at the very least , one that got away … |
| 16 | To Newport — Welsh U21s centre Justin Redrup , previously with Bristol , and potentially a big catch in Welsh outside-half David Evans from Cardiff ( or will he be the one that got away ? ) . |
| 17 | The art that got away |
| 18 | The Greece that got away from the Turks was a country of peasants , local clan chieftains and Orthodox priests , with only a sliver of a mercantile and professional upper class . |
| 19 | Follow the one that got away |
| 20 | It may appear paradoxical but the compulsive gambler may get the biggest adrenalin surge from the biggest loss and , like the proverbial fisherman , may boast of the " one that got away " . |
| 21 | After Rentokil had cleared the premises they chemically disinfected the entire area and the property is now ready for sale , minus ‘ the ones that got away ! |
| 22 | One That Got Away |
| 23 | ‘ Which one — the one that got away , or the one who shot Dixie ? ’ |
| 24 | What about the one that got away ? ’ |
| 25 | I 'm just the one that got away . ’ |
| 26 | They too get a thrill from a big catch and as all the fish are thrown back there are still the stories about the one that got away . |
| 27 | the one that got away for swindon speedway was the final of the division two knockout cup … they were racing against Glasgow in the final … the first leg at Blunsdon finished in a draw … 54 points a piece … |
| 28 | CRICKET legend Ian Botham made his shark fishing debut — but returned to port without a bite and bemoaning the ones that got away . |
| 29 | As a follower I marvel at the cunning of the quarry and the pertinacity of the pursuers and often have a sneaking admiration for the ‘ one that got away ’ . |
| 30 | But , of course , the other thing of course , i it takes out the , the one that got away cos you actually see the one that got away |