Example sentences of "[conj] it get [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is now possible for reporters to deliver copy via computer to the file server where it gets subbed and seamlessly rewritten by the editor .
2 We saw no risk at all in our artistic adventure , although it got dark much quicker than I 'd expected .
3 Pepe 's Bar was situated on the sand , with rough wooden flooring that Shelley used to think could n't take much more of the stamping that it got each Saturday during the flamenco dancing .
4 At that time the presence of these pupils was seen as a problem , one that would very probably get worse before ( and most people predicted ) natural processes of assimilation and dispersal meant that it got better .
5 I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful .
6 Religion deserves a fair hearing , and effective RE will see that it gets that .
7 The worrying aspect is that it gets worse each year . ’
8 There is no comparison between the firm , delicate flesh of such a natural specimen and the fatty flab of the farmed fish made pink by E160g , washed in Nuvan to minimize lice infestation and packed into a cage so that it gets little or no natural conditioning .
9 If you go much faster than that it gets windy very quickly , although the heater can still turn the cabin into blast furnace .
10 The distance between the water-level and the cover-glass should be at least 6ins ( 16cms ) , so that it gets sufficient heat and humidity .
11 We do n't pressurise the horse so that it gets more and more upset : remember , it will remember !
12 The Met receives about $13 million a year for operations from New York City , $3 million less than it got two years ago .
13 went up there first and then so it got better and so it got better and , and Will was marvellous
14 went up there first and then so it got better and so it got better and , and Will was marvellous
15 It reminds us of the blackout and people are scared to go out once it gets dark .
16 There is something in the British political culture , and I call this a national characteristic once it gets deep into a culture , which has made British politics consistently less violent than others .
17 But once it gets wet the weight of the water may well kill it .
18 And it got dry .
19 My foot was giving me murder , and it got worse during the next few days , but I still had to go out and fodder the cattle .
20 And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel .
21 And it got worse as the day wore on , especially since it began to rain .
22 It happened like this : last Saturday , after the farewell party at Nanking University , I came back to the hotel , and packed my things ready to leave for Shanghai , then about 10.30 I started to feel sick , and it got worse and worse and went on and on until I had to wake up Comrade Wu at about 3.30 and ask her to get a doctor .
23 It was performed at The Lincoln Centre in New York and it got great reviews .
24 And we went to one temple and it got dark whilst we were there , it was called the Monkey Temple , and it 's just so many monkeys around , and they just are allowed to run wild , but by the time we got back to our bikes it was dark and we had to cycle back in the dark without any lights on these unlit , unmade roads and that was quite frightening really .
25 ‘ They were in a street shelter and it got flattened , ’ he said .
26 Those disciples , they had the storm stilled for them and it got easier sailing .
27 I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code .
28 Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending .
29 I mean that , that have to hold top and bottom , you put something in the soil and it gets all its nourishment in the soil and that
30 However , proofed cotton canvas can be very heavy , and it gets dirty very quickly .
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