Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] get [det] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd better get that she-devil shifted .
2 ‘ Well , I 'd better get that washing on and think about a dinner , ’ Victoria said ; ‘ but you go along and see what 's happening and we 'll talk about that when you come back … . ’
3 ‘ We 'd better get that cool-box unpacked before it melts , ’ Ruth breathed as Fernando moved his lips from her mouth to her throat .
4 You 'd better get that through your thick skull !
5 And er you 'd better get that key actually .
6 Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now …
7 Now we 'd better get all this stuff off to the labs , but there 's no point in sending his keys — we shall need them . ’
8 ‘ We 'd better get some lunch . ’
9 Then we 'd better get some fluids inside him .
10 She shifted the rather heavy , though small , paper bag which she was carrying , and said : ‘ I guess I 'd better get some tea before all the cookies go .
11 So I thought I 'd better get some petrol in case Mr Marius Steen did come up to town over the weekend .
12 Now you 'd better get some rest .
13 ‘ I think , ’ Nathan 's voice had an odd rasp as he pulled out a wad of papers and dropped them on the table , ‘ you 'd better get some sleep .
14 ‘ No problem , but if you want me in the village do n't you think I 'd better get some transport of my own ?
15 I 'd better get some clothies on cause a bit of a stir round the estate agents , naked from the waist down , darling
16 I 'd better get some coffee she 's going to tell Joe that you charged her this .
17 I 'd better get some from Boots then I think .
18 Well you 'd better get some money ready then had n't you ?
19 You 'd better get some work done you know .
20 Obligingly Merrill moved out of their way , but not before she heard one of them say , ‘ We 'd better get this right , and quickly , but no cutting corners .
21 ‘ Speaking of which , do n't you think we 'd better get this glop off my hair before it turns it green ? ’
22 And I think I 'd better get those in Stowmarket because I 'm not gon na be able to carry all this lot up
23 I 'd better get another box .
24 I 'd better get another one now .
25 ‘ No time to say really — but we were just about off , and I was holding the books for Dad when he said , ‘ I 'd best get those papers for old Holroyd . ’
26 Well over there you see we do n't get many traffic lights .
27 World population , erm probably what I 'm gon na have to do is , although they , they said you ca n't do it do n't get any ideas about doing it with because it 's not possible .
28 In a book generally very critical of Reagan , this comes as a rather surprising encomium to his effectiveness in office , although Stockman also makes it clear that the president did not get all that he had asked for in tax cuts .
29 Of course , they did not get all that they wanted , but they will be back for more .
30 The letter had not been answered , and the Laird of Gartmore took offence , declaring ‘ that if he did not get such trifles to oblige his friends that they might depend upon his going against them ’ .
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