Example sentences of "get [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you 're looking for ground-breaking mayhem , you got off at the wrong Greyhound stop .
2 He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas .
3 Ursula and Gianni got off at the next station but one , having brought their growing mutual admiration to a startling climax wedged solid among the rocking mass of sober commuters .
4 He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station .
5 We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word .
6 You can not tell if a youngster really has , for instance , stopped smoking , but you will know if your teenager gets in at the negotiated time .
7 Set all alarm clocks in the house to ensure you get up at the right hour , or if you 're in a guest house , ask for a breakfast call , nice and early .
8 And indeed for the first few weeks there is a manic response of getting up at the usual time and finding things to do , but which gradually subsides into grief and depression .
9 Try to keep regular hours , getting up at the same time however tired you may feel .
10 Jarvis , who was getting out at the next station , asked where they would be the following night ; the man who said his name was Jed Lowrie told him the Metropolitan , the Hammersmith Line .
11 And they got out at the very top . ’
12 Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering .
13 I had been the last to get on at the previous station , so I was standing with my back wedged against the window .
14 Admission rates were £4 for adults , £concessionary , with further concessionary rates of £10 for a family ( 2+2 ) and a ‘ bring a pensioner ’ scheme whereby anyone bringing a pensioner ( or a child ) could get in at the concessionary rate .
15 Finally it was agreed that both should get down at the same moment .
16 If you 've got signs on the main line saying traffic point , traffic censors ahead , you 're gon na have people saying oh sod that I 'll get off at the next junction instead
17 Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 .
18 After Moorgate she had to think how she would get out at the next station .
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