Example sentences of "[conj] get [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well er I think that getting away the oh you live in Nottingham , oh fancy that you know , you , you know where you 're starting , you know , everyone either works for Boots or used to work for Boots and , you know , you 've got a rough idea , you , you , you do n't need to go into the oh fancy that you know , all that 's arranged so erm I think i i it 's , i i i it 's the middle of September when we either go to Los Angeles , I think we go to Los Angeles , and fool around Hollywood and San Diego and places and down to see a and then away off to erm Las Vegas and Flagstaff you know about this meteor crater in Flagstaff , that apparently is why you go to Flagstaff tt a meteor came , the meteor crater is there tt and then the Grand Canyon and go through national park which San Francisco and erm spend erm two or three days there and then come back again . |
| 2 | Cruickshank countered that getting out an developing stronger internal communication has been one of his priorities . |
| 3 | AN ornithologist sent off £20 for a ‘ parabolic microphone kit ’ to record his favourite birdsongs from 250 yards — and got back a WOK used for stir-frying . |
| 4 | I went to the pawnbroker and got back a little gold locket . |
| 5 | In 1969 he formed a committee to raise funds and got together a band of volunteers who transformed the churchyard . |
| 6 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 7 | She opened the bag and got out a powder compact that had a small round mirror on the inside of the lid . |
| 8 | The young man sank slowly into the seat opposite him , and got out a cigarette . |
| 9 | Mamma got a big knife and cut a large slice of cake , put it on a plate , and got out a fork . |
| 10 | As he turned on the hot-water tap and got out the dish detergent , Hank abandoned the idea of going back to his garage . |
| 11 | He heard electrical impulses behind a large , old-fashioned enamelled flour bin on a high shelf in the kitchen and got out the step-ladder to investigate , bringing down the bin , which hit and broke a jar of clear honey in its descent ; he ended up with a mixture of flour and honey all over himself , the fridge and the floor . |
| 12 | Uncle Albert made the drinks and got out the biscuit tin . |
| 13 | He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket . |
| 14 | That the gulf existed was something she had known all along , so what she had overheard and the realisation it brought with it should n't be causing tears to prick behind her eyes as she opened the cupboard in the study that adjoined Faye and Bill 's bedroom , and got out the testing kit she had come for . |
| 15 | Actually I 've been I was sitting in the lounge today right and you know the situation there see his car going round the corner and stop and got out the car beaming at me , I said cor give him my old ! |
| 16 | And er he advertised and got quite a few . |
| 17 | The books give all the insider know-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestring budget . |
| 18 | These are the options now facing Birdland , those retrogressive bleach boys of yore ; the notorious Brummie blond bombshells who when they were n't throwing up , were trashing up hotel rooms and getting up the noses of every other band in the land . |
| 19 | By the end of the programme Gary was much happier , showing much more pro-social behaviour and getting on a good deal better with his parents . |
| 20 | The communal working system was used for other activities on the crofts such as planting and harvesting the crops and getting home the peat . |
| 21 | Your old ships , my lord King , were already engaged with the ships of Earl Siward and getting much the best of it . |
| 22 | there may be an expectation that we should , we should be absorbing increase in and getting roughly the same amount of money , but . |
| 23 | As we leave the womb , enter the world and grow , and get over the initial wonder of walking , we change our pre-natal wheelchair for a series of substitute wheelchairs — bicycles , motor-cycles , cars , taxis , buses , trains , aeroplanes — and chairs ( in houses , schools , offices ; anywhere where people gather and sit ) . |
| 24 | I decided to go for broke , and get up a performance of my own . ’ |
| 25 | But I mean a mother that could n't sleep all night , and get up the next day , having to cope with the family , erm you know , thing things like that , they 're very difficult . |
| 26 | I went out into the fresh damp morning , walking quickly to keep warm and get round the island before any rain started . |
| 27 | But also you can get , you know you , you sometimes you can fall lucky and get quite a lot of prices from cold calling as much as reviewing this one little , renewing every , every six weeks and trying to think of something to say that you have n't said before , like I had n't told you or Pete , you know , things like that . |
| 28 | It 's nearly time to give up the tights and get out the sandals . |
| 29 | • Mix soda or mineral water with fruit juices for a more refreshing drink — and get twice the amount for your calories . |
| 30 | A. T. You used to accumulate this time you worked over and try and get off the last four hours when nobody was about . |