Example sentences of "to get [verb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Consequently , presentation techniques tended to get highlighted at the expense of the developmental . |
2 | There 's paperwork I have to get done at the store before tomorrow . ’ |
3 | The method of work has been to get going at the time dictated by the candidate 's first duty of the day and the time taken to get to him . |
4 | He did n't expect us to come rolling out of the pubs drunk , and the Yorkshire pudding to get flung at the ceiling with the gravy running down the walls like the tears of a black madonna . |
5 | ‘ We shall break the historic habit because we shall not just get elected tomorrow to clear up the mess , we are going to get re-elected at the next general election as well , ’ he said . |
6 | I think this whole thing of racing off to get divorced at the first snag you hit seems pathetic . ’ |
7 | Unless you want to get arrested at the finish , do n't ever wear it again . ’ |
8 | When the Girls left to get married at the end of each show , rather than risk Jennie 's haphazard choice of replacements , she sent over the two Head Girls who were almost resident in America , Rene Todd or Dorothy Sabine , to make their own selection . |
9 | In September 1977 , my girlfriend Lynn and I eloped and tried to get married at the Ali-Shavers bout . |