Example sentences of "i got on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got on the bus at the terminus at the bottom of Avondale Buildings and rode it back and forth to the other end of the line , sitting on the top deck , not knowing where I was or what I was doing , until the conductor came up to me at the other terminus , after my fifth trip , and asked : ‘ You all right , mate ? ’ |
| 2 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 3 | I got on the vehicle but the driver had not long been in fourth gear when I came to my senses . |
| 4 | When I got on the edge of the road I said to them , ‘ Who 's winning ? ’ |
| 5 | It was only when I got on the ground and tried to walk did I realise that I had a bullet through the top of my right ankle . |
| 6 | ‘ Before I got on the plane , I had to treat a woman on the island of St Thomas , when she fell from a balcony , fracturing her skull . |
| 7 | ‘ I got on the radio to my controller and told him to call the police quick . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was fine until I got on the pitch but then it all drained away and the game just passed me by . |
| 9 | I got on the brakes because there was no way through . |
| 10 | I got on the train and settled myself in a corner compartment with my back to the engine , feeling pissed and happy as the carriages rolled out of Victoria towards Clapham Junction and the South Coast . |
| 11 | I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work . |
| 12 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 13 | So rather than cause er an incident there and then , I informed my partner to follow them back to wherever they went , which time I got on the radio back to control , that we required the police and the fire brigade . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm frightened of horses — but I was aware of all the rumours about me being ‘ difficult ’ to work with , so I got on the horse to avoid causing any problems . |
| 15 | I got on the bus with some of my friends with whom I went with to primary school . |
| 16 | As soon as they 'd gone , I got on the phone to Directory Enquiries and asked for the number of the Maidstone hospital . |
| 17 | I got on the bus , I said , you do go along Ashton Lane |
| 18 | Well I got on the head . |
| 19 | I said no I got on the phone |
| 20 | Anyway , when I got on the scales I 'm ten stone three . |
| 21 | ’ Could you take over while I go and have my lunch , you see , come on I 'll show you what to do ’ I got on the tractor , he said ’ turn in and go out round and come in again at the edge . ’ |
| 22 | So we managed to get the lorry out and I got on the ‘ phone to Bristol University . |