Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] get [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd better get a move on . |
2 | I 'd better get a move on . |
3 | ‘ We 'd better get a cab , ’ he said . |
4 | You 'd better get a couple Nola . |
5 | ‘ Well , film work 's very precarious , of course — so I thought I 'd better get a steady job for a bit , especially when my money ran out . ’ |
6 | ‘ If you 're still planning to come with me , you 'd better get a move on . |
7 | ‘ You 'd better get a grip of yourself , ’ I said . |
8 | We 'd better get a group working on it . |
9 | You 'd better get a bigger one , hundred and sixty one . |
10 | Yeah I think we 'd better get a couple of lots and , cos we do n't know what they 're gon na like do we really ? |
11 | That , that 's right , you 've still got time or you 'd better get a move on , it 's that sort of reaction that your brain makes is n't it ? |
12 | You 'd better get the kids to school , now … ’ |
13 | Phoned all day , he said , you 'd better get the engineers to look at that telephone of yours . |
14 | ‘ You 'd better get the exterminator in , Emily , ’ Edward said , again in his lowered voice , which was a habit famous in court at points when an inexperienced barrister had n't known where to stop . |
15 | ‘ I 'd better get the glucose testing kit , ’ she mumbled as she edged towards the French window that led into the breakfast-room and then along a passage to the suite of rooms used by Faye and Bill . |
16 | Now I 'd better get the horses in . ’ |
17 | Edwin was a crafty old so-andso and he did n't like his children very much — not that I blame him — so I thought I 'd better get the beneficiaries together and explain . |
18 | We 'd better get the new |
19 | On the prospect of facing Ballesteros , Faldo , who did not get a degree in journalism , remarked : ‘ With all the time he 's had off this afternoon I hope Carmen will have worn him out . |
20 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
21 | The witnesses did not get a chance to give evidence against the killer in court . |
22 | She has been unable to get an academic job since ; she did not get a job in science until 1990 , when she was hired by Genetics Institute , a biotechnology company founded by one of her few supporters , Mark Ptashne of Harvard . |
23 | The reason he did not start this game was that , as Mr Wilkinson put it ‘ he did not get a kick ’ , when Leeds were beaten 4–0 , their heaviest defeat of the season , by Manchester City a week earlier . |
24 | In this sense they were internationalists , and are typical of the German unease with the nation state : ‘ German nationalism did not get a grip on a timely , feasible concept of the state . |
25 | He stacked the membership of GEN 29 to ensure that freedom of information did not get a look-in , despite a pledge in the October 1974 Labour manifesto to introduce an open-government statute . |
26 | Each produced the three components , but did not get a successful overall result . |
27 | There was no doubt he crashed into the sea as I watched him hit , but I did not get a confirmation of this as there was no one else to see it and R.D.F. did n't seem to have much coverage up that way . ’ |
28 | In the midst of the roaring debate about ‘ Black ’ as a political concept , and the work done towards eradicating racist practices in the organization , homosexuality did not get a look-in . |
29 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |
30 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |