Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she were her normal self she would be pottering happily around Simone , laughing whenever she got in her way and sticking her fingers in the food . |
| 2 | In later years , when explaining how he got to Cape Town , John always mentioned having appeared in one or two small parts when the ballet from the Cape came to Johannesburg . |
| 3 | He wonders how he got it . |
| 4 | A roman coin belonging to the fourth year of the reign of Diocletian , AD 287 , was found on an island in Finlaggan Loch and one wonders how it got there . |
| 5 | A team of researchers from Bristol University was commissioned to examine what the YTS had to offer young black people and to indicate how they got on during the first six months of the scheme ( S. Fenton , Ethnic Minorities and the Youth Training Scheme Research and Development Series , no. 20 , MSC , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | I 'm anxious to know how they got on in the woods because Otley 's always nice going in and nasty when we 're coming out . |
| 7 | ‘ It would be interesting to know how they got it , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Ms K Brummitt from Birmingham is after a cheat for Dragon Ninja and wants to know how you get out of the factory in Robocop . |
| 9 | So next time someone copies what you are wearing , or wants to know how you got into shape — take it as a real compliment . |
| 10 | But , in all honesty , I do n't know how we got through those early days and I certainly would n't like to do so again . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't even know how we got to be born . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't really know how we got together — it was so quick . |
| 13 | We do n't know how we got in either |
| 14 | But er I do n't know how we got onto it er sh and I think she said something about oh , she knew her tables |
| 15 | I do n't know how they get away with mortgage payments like they are , because , you know , it it 's totally unfair , |
| 16 | Do you know how they get there ? |
| 17 | But I wan na know how they get the dog to walk on the ceiling . |
| 18 | I , I do n't know how they get there but they know how our army works , we know how their army works , we can not hide manoeuvre 's and every army in the world knows the manoeuvre 's I 've been on one big NATO manoeuvre out in Germany right , and you 're saying to me they do n't know how I , how each army works |
| 19 | I do n't know how they get |
| 20 | They both knew that they came out like kittens , they did n't know how they got in . |
| 21 | There was even a freedrone or two , I do n't know how they got in , and everyone from the hiring hall , it looked like . |
| 22 | They , they , they did get me , and I do n't know how they got my number . |
| 23 | In the boot , police discover many of the clothes the pair tried on ( ’ Gosh , officer I do n't know how they got there , ’ says one ) , and their bulging Filofaxes contain lists of past shoplifting conquests and future targets . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards , ’ said Mr McKenzie outside court . |
| 25 | Outside the court , Mr McKenzie said : ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards . ’ |
| 26 | She does n't know how he got through the main doors and an electronically operated gate to get in to the courtyard where the car is always left unlocked . |
| 27 | I do n't know how he got in the house but suddenly he was knocking on your door . |
| 28 | I did n't know how he got it up , it 's , it 's only thin |
| 29 | and I said to both of them , I just do n't know how he got past that second car in the road right , come out of his drive , I could n't believe that he could of done it , but he did , because he went you know |
| 30 | but er , I do n't know how he got out yesterday and I 've never , never know him parked down the road , not at all , anyway we got , I got home and erm , I said to Bev you know , right go and phone Lesley see if she 's in and then I did a bit of housework and then the phone rang , ooh , we was aiming to go out at one and that must of been ten to one , and it was Liz |