Example sentences of "[adv] get [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rather got lost in the rush . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 3 | Materials were collected in advance and stored in anticipation of their use ; powder slowly got cheaper in the course of the fifteenth century ; while many towns employed one or more men to supervise the effective use of artillery in case of attack . |
| 4 | A complex settlement of this problem was not reached until January 1983 , when Britain effectively got one-third of the fishing quotas . |
| 5 | Finally I managed to get out of the harness and , luckily for me , the parachute that was dragging me along got tangled in a camel thorn bush . |
| 6 | Only got two in the box though . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've only got twelve in a form , sir , ’ Deirdre McTavish — better known as Nutty — pointed out the obvious reason for this last coincidence . |
| 8 | Ant : I 've only got enough for a shirt . |
| 9 | Can you see that maybe , if at some time in the future , you do have er , some bad health , or perhaps get involved in an accident , that after a period of time , it might be difficult to actually find the money to pay for this plan we 're establishing tonight ? |
| 10 | If that 's the doctor every day gave treatment Well we 're not having this forty four down get one off the point of advance line |
| 11 | As she glared at him , he continued , ‘ So get used to the fact that , if you plan on staying on here , you will unfortunately be seeing rather a lot of me . |
| 12 | I can only get forty over the river before the ships come , and they wo n't have horses . ’ |
| 13 | Daisy left her position in the window and hurried down to get ready for the morning surgery . |
| 14 | ‘ And it looks like we 'll be moving there , if she sticks to the asking price , so you 'd better get used to the idea . |
| 15 | Coming from me , teasing is a backhanded compliment , and you 'd better get used to the idea . ’ |
| 16 | The very same women who had been all for their daughters travelling abroad seemed suddenly to get bored with the idea . |
| 17 | But we soon got used to the place . |
| 18 | About quarter to eleven we got to bed , but they were going on I fell asleep during the middle of it cos I just got used to the noise |
| 19 | You just got married in the barn . |
| 20 | He just got feverish in the night really . |
| 21 | Just got this from a mate who got it from the Arsenal list ( ! ! ! ) |
| 22 | This , again , should be no big deal for Cobol programmers , who have already got used to the notion of writing modular code . |
| 23 | I 've got a new car and it 's already got 23,000 on the clock , and three-quarters of that must be to the club . ’ |
| 24 | He 's not got much of a reputation as a feminist . ’ |
| 25 | If you go to the normal parents ' class you get -Oh yeah — another one , does n't know a lot , just got pregnant for the fun of it , but the midwives , Ros and Maureen , they treat you different . |
| 26 | And also I 've just got tired of the group being viewed as this humourless … thing . |
| 27 | It 's simple because it 's just got three at the top . |
| 28 | They were already getting used to the fact that they were very popular . |
| 29 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 30 | ‘ Best not get fond of the boy , Thomas , ’ he muttered to himself . |