Example sentences of "[vb past] get some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 2 | And tried to get some settlement , but I do n't believe it are giving us any settlement cos he was n't prepared to do anything like that . |
| 3 | I crawled into my trench , adjusted the camouflage square over my face and head , curled myself into a ball and tried to get some sleep . |
| 4 | Fabia pulled the duvet up over her head and tried to get some sleep . |
| 5 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 6 | We always tried to get some payment to them before a term started |
| 7 | Manescu leaned forward , tried to get some impression of the shape behind the glass . |
| 8 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 9 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 10 | She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats . |
| 11 | I 'd got some money . ’ |
| 12 | Then he 'd got some blankets out of the chests under the bunks at the end of the boat , turned off the torch he 'd found in another cupboard , stretched himself out and gone to sleep . |
| 13 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
| 14 | Yeah he 'd got some letters , apparently he were going to Post Office later for stamps and everything and er got this letter and seeings I 'd only got three he give me his , give me twenty four pence for a stamp so I walked to Post Office , I thought well I do n't want no penny or tuppeny stamps . |
| 15 | When we went to er Zoe 's place there they 'd got some tins , that Megazone tin what I 've got |
| 16 | Just when you thought you 'd got some idea of the size , a cloud would stream past and the perspective would wind back . |
| 17 | He wished he 'd got some sleep on the bed when the humans were studying him ; it had looked quite comfortable . |
| 18 | But er we did n't I did n't go back , we 'd already we 'd we 'd got some land and er and we 'd set up er pig breeding and er we 'd got about a hundred and twenty strong store pigs at that time . |
| 19 | And I mean recently I came across somebody who 'd got some part holdings in diamonds , and of course the diamond market 's gone into rapid decline because of the er is it Namibian diamonds , and , and the Russians er breaking up the De Beer market . |
| 20 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 21 | but they 'd got some people coming and were very relieved when he said he 'd get a minicab to Reading . |
| 22 | Last night I j well David come round in afternoon and he l he 'd got some tapes . |
| 23 | and , I 'd got some collecting to do . |
| 24 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 25 | They had n't come in yet so I started getting some food ready and tried to make up my mind what to tell Rick . |
| 26 | This nearly led on to another story , but as Chairman of the meeting , I decided to get some order into things ! |
| 27 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 28 | I bet they needed to get some food inside of them . |
| 29 | I meant to get some bits for us , I might have to go back |
| 30 | mm , sorry , I still have n't got any elastic , I meant to get some elastic for that bloody trousers , oh oh I 've got to order dad some trainers I think , I might have a bath |