Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were queueing to get in , but without ration stamps . |
| 2 | All the fish stocked are extremely peaceful and were intended to get on well — as indeed they have . |
| 3 | You may have then had a verbal exchange with your next in line , but bar that you were expected to get on with the work . |
| 4 | Many were seeking to get out while they could , so many indeed that Ramsay feared that they must be seen by the blockading English ships lying off , for the July night was less dark than he could have wished . |
| 5 | The lorry stopped near a church and we were made to get down . |
| 6 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 7 | ‘ She was wondering what they were going to get up to next . |
| 8 | it 's Wednesday today all day I thought you were going to get on with your painting ? |
| 9 | That was all they were going to get out of her . |
| 10 | With coughing , he opened his eyes and began groaning which was at least some sign of progress , and I started looking about to see how we were going to get out of what appeared to be uncomfortably like a prison . |
| 11 | Did you feel that you were going to get out ? |
| 12 | I recall at this period that I had a new second pilot by the name of Saltzgaber , who was first generation Canadian but German born , The target was Mannheim , When we got into the area we found that thick cloud covered what we thought was tie target , so we went down , But there was no way we were going to get under . |
| 13 | See and all that screaming and all that aggravation could have been avoided if you 'd have known you were going to get in . |
| 14 | ‘ How did you think you were going to get by without me to explain everything to you ? ’ asks Phil reasonably . |
| 15 | The adults were beginning to get out of hand : some were dancing , having a ‘ knees up ’ ; others were arguing with the organ grinder about what should be played . |
| 16 | Now , the reason we particularly were interested in this was that from the questionnaire we already were beginning to get back some information , and we discovered that eighty-six percent of people had seen their G P in the previous year , and maybe if we could introduce them to the age-well project at some point during that contact , we would be able to achieve something . |
| 17 | And the , the water to bathe in came from the local river and er it was very very sandy and it just looked like mud that you were having to get in and do your bath . |
| 18 | This was enough for Hennessy , who seemed to think that the policeman and the Captain were starting to get on too damn well for his liking . |
| 19 | Several Perks were fighting to get out of the crack . |
| 20 | Sometimes my brothers and I were allowed to get out of the car with him and peek at the movie in progress while he spoke to the manager or cashier . |
| 21 | Landings were made at Wurzburg and Frankfurt , but only the pilot and navigator were allowed to get out . |
| 22 | When the guards had surrounded the train we were allowed to get in . |
| 23 | Spina Bifida children were encouraged to get up and down from this position . |
| 24 | Both the industry and the Group Organisers would benefit if the Organisers were left to get on with what they were happiest and most able to do , namely , organising . |
| 25 | But I were trying to get through to her . |
| 26 | Outside , the storm howled about the house as though a pack of wild wolves were trying to get in . |
| 27 | ‘ People were trying to get out of carpark and away from the town and this man was still insisting he got his 20 pence from every driver . ’ |
| 28 | She would stand at her window in the summer twilights and feel the tug inside her as if something were straining to get out , urging her on with the kind of excitement she longed for and shrank from all at once . |
| 29 | Companies were advised to get out of dogs as soon as possible . |
| 30 | I knew then that you were planning to get out . ’ |