Example sentences of "get [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , being in the army , he may get posted abroad one of these days and I do n't know if I want to leave London — it 's such jolly good fun now I 'm out . |
| 2 | how they ever did get joined together . |
| 3 | so hopefully she 'll give me a cheque next week he does n't get frightened so easily now does he ? |
| 4 | He 'll get stopped again . |
| 5 | The other issues are Aberdeen to we 're gon na get shafted again cos have got a different schedule now have n't they ? |
| 6 | A granite rock was carried up the mountain but over the next 120 years parts of the inscription did get broken away ; the climate at 2,700m can be very severe . |
| 7 | Ensure that fish , or decomposing waste , can not get trapped inside or behind your structures . |
| 8 | Well , I was the only one that did n't get picked right ? |
| 9 | And in a direct plea to the burglars Danielle Gibson , 10 , wrote : ‘ Please , if you are reading this letter give up now because you will get caught sooner or later . ’ |
| 10 | Confirmed junkies have their own works , but impulse users can get caught short and may use someone else 's . |
| 11 | Tony Pickard , Great Britain 's Davis Cup captain and coach to the Swede , predictably understated the performance of his charge when he said ‘ Let's not get carried away . |
| 12 | Mr Gorbachev reportedly offered to resign at Saturday 's meeting after Kemerevo party chief Alexander Melnikov ‘ really let himself get carried away and said something like this : ‘ Is it proper to go bowing to the capitalists ? to go asking a blessing from the Pope ? ’ ' according to a conservative Central Committee member . |
| 13 | You 're not the type to let yourself get carried away like that , are you ? — Forget I said it , will you ? |
| 14 | But Ian Darby , director of mortgage brokers John Charcol , cautioned : ‘ We should not get carried away with euphoria ; borrowers are still very highly geared and suffering high real rates of interest — nominal rates are still 6.5 percentage points above inflation . |
| 15 | Ruth Rendell and others advise plotting your story carefully in advance so that you do n't get carried away by unnecessary detail or a minor character . |
| 16 | You need to pace yourself , so that you do not get carried away by the never-ending tasks that could fill your day with frenetic activity . |
| 17 | Mind you do n't get carried away by the honour . |
| 18 | ‘ But we ca n't get carried away by one result because our main aim must be to stay in the Premier League . |
| 19 | However , do n't get carried away to the extent of seeing this as a purely legal problem . |
| 20 | If you are not having a first course , a couple of plain poppadums are an acceptable indulgence , but do n't get carried away — and do n't allow yourself to start dipping in the chutneys ! |
| 21 | ‘ We ca n't get carried away . |
| 22 | Do n't get carried away , though and vacuum the sitting room and clean the windows in your break ! |
| 23 | We should not get carried away . |
| 24 | But that is an emotional statement , and I must make sure I do n't get carried away by emotional things like that . |
| 25 | I think they needed normal people who would be in complete control of themselves , who would n't get carried away by any sadistic impulses . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ IT 'S been disappointing coming here for the last 20 years — so let's not get carried away with this defeat ’ . |
| 27 | But I think people do get carried away with traditions and the occasion and this grand affair and really , it could be a very small low-key affair , but it 's , it 's meant to be a very romantic special day for two people . |
| 28 | Nothing wrong with that it 's a perfectly er respectable and reputable way of shopping , provided of course you know what you 're doing and you d you do n't get carried away . |
| 29 | We can get carried away by the sheer attractiveness of the deal or temptation and overlook that priority . |
| 30 | I 'm not stupid enough to let myself get carried away by righteous anger and reveal my presence . |