Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winning the toss , high-flying Somerset were given an 82 start by Ricky Bartlett and Mark Lathwell and it was the introduction of spinners Phil Carrick and Jeremy Batty which stopped things getting out of hand . |
| 2 | He let Billy get on with his life . ’ |
| 3 | Apart from what sounds like a fairly hectic studio schedule , I wondered if Clem found time to get out and play live . |
| 4 | Cautious and practical , he took one look at the situation and advised Vincent to get out at once , while he still had a shirt on his back . |
| 5 | One of the latter group , somewhat the worse for drink at his farewell party , advised Robyn to get out of Cambridge too . |
| 6 | When Ruth 's hair had been washed , she noticed Gloria getting out the curling-tongs and stopped her . |
| 7 | Annunziata , who had accepted the hug , made Julia get back into bed and then told her the whole story . |
| 8 | Duddy , a mountaineer , climbed 175ft to get out . |
| 9 | Christina heard Stephen get out of bed and creep into the bathroom , trying not to make a sound . |
| 10 | And when Rosa heard Caterina getting up next door , and coming towards the kitchen , she gave Sabina another hard pinch on the thin part of her arm , just to make sure she knew there was n't to be another word . |
| 11 | In December the United Nations urged governments to get on with setting up a satellite system . |
| 12 | When the telephone rang Leonora got up listlessly , so certain it would be one of Elise 's friends that she slid down on the floor in a heap , heart thumping , at the sound of Penry 's voice . |
| 13 | Thankfully , the week after we whooped Chelsea to get back on the rails to that now famous title finale ( famous for us anyhow — right ? ) : - ) . |
| 14 | A while ago , a captain of industry exhorted Ireland to get up earlier in the morning . |
| 15 | The same storm which had swept Hawke 's blockading cruisers away from Ushant and enabled Conflans to get out of Brest had made it possible for the privateer captain , François Thurot [ or Thourot ] to take his little five-ship fleet , carrying some 1270 soldiers and 700 seamen , out of Dunkirk . |
| 16 | Then suddenly she heard a car sweep into the yard , and , getting up from her desk , she felt her heart leap uncomfortably once more as she saw Robert getting out of his Land Rover . |
| 17 | But you must surely understand that I never meant things to get out of hand like that . ’ |
| 18 | Then as she looked she saw Kate getting out of the back . |
| 19 | Standing on their hind legs with front paws resting on the deep window sills , they saw Mark getting out of his car and went berserk . |
| 20 | I was nearly at the top of the post part when I saw Julie getting out of a car . |
| 21 | As I waited in the porch with the bridesmaids , I saw Shanti get out of the car , take her father 's arm , and walk towards us . |
| 22 | ‘ The loss of Hanley and Andy Goodway , through injury , at the start of the season took time to get over , ’ Monie said . |
| 23 | Did driver get out ? |
| 24 | I suppose you get some weeks like that when you do n't did Miss get on to you then ? |
| 25 | ‘ So how did Hyde get in ? ’ |
| 26 | Did Jennifer get in ? |
| 27 | So did George get off , get off with anyone today ? |
| 28 | I get people who I worked with ten years ago in the record business saying ‘ Been down to see City lately ? ’ — but ten years ago if you 'd have said to them ‘ How did City get on ? ’ they would have said ‘ I do n't go to soccer , I 'm into meditation ’ . |
| 29 | How did Nick get on at darts last night then ? |
| 30 | And where did Emma get off , calling her only brother a swine ? |