Example sentences of "to get [pos pn] [noun] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 and I got my oh , oh would I , I could n't wait to get my receipt back you know , anyway , I got my receipt back as well
2 I fed a CD of Hugh Masekela into the machine and fought back the urge to get my trumpet out and play along , ruminating on the injustice of a world that had taken so long to discover him .
3 So he said I was being very stubborn and that I 'd be lucky to get my daughter back through drug addiction and one thing and another .
4 As I was going up to my cell it all hit me — am I ever going to get my daughter back ?
5 my keyboard I would like to get my system up and running erm
6 I 've got to get my system out of my system .
7 The company refused , saying the fault was a fabrication by me just to get my money back .
8 " I thought he was kidding until he tried to get my pants off with his teeth . "
9 ‘ Yes , but really , truly , I was only trying to get my budgie back , ’ Penny assured him earnestly .
10 Sometimes that 's too much effort to get my clothes off .
11 A common cop-out is to say this is all too difficult so I 'm going to get my head down and forget about it .
12 ‘ No ’ matter what happens , Taff , first , I am going to get my head down . ’
13 I 'm a bit tired , to be honest ; I 'm going to get my head down for a while .
14 ‘ He gave me a couple of pills the size of tennis balls and told me to get my head down .
15 I needed to get my papers round before the weekend so that colleagues would have the opportunity to read them — the usual rule is that papers should be circulated to ministers seven days before a meeting .
16 ‘ I moved to Berlin to get my music out .
17 I have to get my life back on track and the first step is finding satisfaction through work .
18 ‘ I ca n't seem to get close enough to the board to get my foot on . ’
19 Will I be able to get my deposit back ?
20 Unless I took off and lost my only chance to get my dreams back .
21 Carroll , whose continuing achilles injury has resulted in Gallagher stepping in as his deputy in recent games , admitted : ‘ Mick was brilliant , and if he carries on like that I might not be able to get my place back . ’
22 It hurts on the top of my arm trying to get my arm round there .
23 I am starting to puff a bit now so I stop behind a Ford Capri and try to get my breath back .
24 So did I , to get my breath back and rest my legs .
25 ‘ I 'm OK — just need to get my breath back ’ ( and wits , composure , bottle , sanity ) .
26 Shane beamed : ‘ After all this , it might take me a year to get my breath back . ’
27 I 'm going to get my decorations down , will you
28 Can I help someone to get my tax back .
29 White added : ‘ It 's great to get my game back , but I would not have been disappointed if Alan had won . ’
30 trying to get my taste back and my smell back
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