Example sentences of "[noun] had get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Linton had got up from his armchair and gone out to join Cathy and Hareton . |
| 2 | Despite the hardness of her aunt 's attitude , the latter 's distress had got through to Lucy , causing her to become engulfed with sympathy for the older woman . |
| 3 | To add to her miserable state a bleak wind had got up , bringing with it a sweet tangy yeast smell that made her stomach roll and cry out . |
| 4 | At the start of this climb we 'd been uncomfortably hot in the sunshine , but by the end the sun had moved on and the wind had got up . |
| 5 | As he spoke there were others who were not enjoying themselves quite so much , for the wind had got up and men were finding out what the soft spring this year had done to nurture growth in the grass lurking on either side of the fairways . |
| 6 | After Richard had got out , it went slowly but at least we knew he 'd get help . ’ |
| 7 | Molly had got out — got away from all the criticism and tantrums . |
| 8 | Because of the bulk of work FYT General Committee had to get through in its meeting on 9–11th March in Nantwich , the Towards 2000 Conference was postponed . |
| 9 | Most mums and dads in Walworth had to get up early . |
| 10 | Miller 's career in management had got off to a whirlwind start . |
| 11 | Then he heard Boy say ‘ Yes , ’ and then he heard the TV change ; Boy had got up and turned it over to a boxing match , which was something Boy never usually watched . |
| 12 | It was unlikely that the boy had got out , even if DeVore had n't taken him . |
| 13 | Wherever we had been in the Celebes lowlands people would call out to us , " Hello , mister ! " — but in Bira it was always " Hello , Inggeriss ! " which we assumed was simply because news of our true nationality had got around . |
| 14 | The Indian had got out too and was coming round the back of his car . |
| 15 | Suddenly the car had stopped and the gunman had got out and started firing . |
| 16 | A little breeze had got up and the bottom of a blind over an open window was being knocked on the sill . |
| 17 | I just do n't feel that you know , she 's basically taken Robert back last night , that was very kind of her and all that , she said oh it 's been nice to have him and erm but er Oliver and Robert had got on really well and erm that 's all really . |
| 18 | ‘ If only Elaine had got round to registering the birth ! |
| 19 | He hoped to convert it into a photographic studio — and then he found that there was not a single pane of glass left , and the rain had got in . |
| 20 | Then they 'd give you order for next morning when , when meat got more freer , you know , when there was more of it , after the war had got over . |
| 21 | erm The warden of Merton had to get out of Oxford quick when the king arrived , because , and spent the erm war in London , name was Nathaniel Brent , and he was quite an important man in the organisation of the Parliamentary war effort , and Lincoln had rather mixed loyalties , too . |
| 22 | When he saw it , he was downstairs , ready to get into the vehicle by the time it had stopped , and the director had got out . |
| 23 | The trouble was , as the Windscale fire had shown , once the nuclear reaction had got out of control , then those problems could become extremely serious indeed . |
| 24 | All but he wanted to know how Stephen had got on with the police . |
| 25 | He said there was no reason for it to continue because the convoy had got through to Zepa . |
| 26 | Hugo had got out . |
| 27 | Boris had got back two months early to organise it . |
| 28 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
| 29 | Two robbers both with guns had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him . |
| 30 | By the time he reached the table where Fishbane was listening in silence to his enraged colleague , with splendid timing the Colonel had got on to ‘ bloody young whipper-snappers ’ . |