Example sentences of "[vb past] get [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 2 | In football , there was an early shock for Liverpool at Anfield as the champions tried to get back to the top of the table with Arsenal playing Leeds United at Highbury tomorrow . |
| 3 | The jeep was bouncing them about mercilessly as the Brigadier tried to get back to the village in time for the Captain and the Substitute to go back to Florence and eat . |
| 4 | He tried to get back to the drawing room unheard , but she was waiting . |
| 5 | Ever a Walter Mitty character , he tried to get back into the CIA fold , but after the North fiasco they did not want to know him . |
| 6 | Hayes next hit Roger Ford just above the glove as he tried to get out of the way , and was out lbw ; 384 for 9 . |
| 7 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 8 | At least my father tried to get out of the trap , but I doubt if Jones has ever struggled , even with his conscience . |
| 9 | After driving to Rolls Wood Group [ Repair & Overhauls ] Ltd , they tried to get out of the car . |
| 10 | When she tried to get out of the passenger door , he struck her again and called her more names . ’ |
| 11 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 12 | We 'd got up with the rest at 4.00 am and stumbled , steep-blind on a starry night into stony darkness : another alpine day had started in night . |
| 13 | Then the afternoon , we 'd had lunch anyway I 'd got up out the chair , I was so bloody livid ! |
| 14 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 15 | And , just when you 'd got out of the flower , and were feeling really proud of yourself , you 'd look at the new , big , wide endless world around you . |
| 16 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 17 | that he 'd got out of the creche I think , cos he had n't got it when he went out . |
| 18 | He 'd got in with the punks and seen immediately what they were doing , what a renaissance this was in music . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd got in amongst the sharks , filming them in a feeding frenzy . ’ |
| 20 | If LEAs take their assigned task seriously , schools may begin to hanker for the days when they were given the tools and told to get on with the job . |
| 21 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 22 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 23 | Cissie hated going to bed , and she hated getting up in the morning , but she thoroughly enjoyed lazing in the bath , and finding every excuse not to say goodnight . |
| 24 | The fighting spirit we showed to get back in the game was encourageing , perhaps Batts should have played from the start . |
| 25 | Slowly , he moved nearer to me , but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground . |
| 26 | Nkrumah decided to get out on the road . |
| 27 | It was then that Nigger decided to get in on the act , and launched himself the length of the hallway . |
| 28 | He decided to get back between the covers , or under the covers . |
| 29 | Seeing how low she was , Anthony decided that she needed to get out of the house and gave her reluctant permission to spend half of each day in court . |
| 30 | She meant to get on in the world . |