Example sentences of "[adv] get [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How would you feel if you knitted yourself a nice little doll , out of the most expensive yarn you could buy , and spent the best years of your life working on it to make it as perfect as you could — then it suddenly got up and walked away and turned into something different ? ’ |
| 2 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 3 | The person started to read their paper on Moses , and I thought she was doing a good job of it , this guy suddenly got up and said , I 'm Jewish , I 'm not listening to any more of this , and stormed out . |
| 4 | ‘ It was like , well , these groups have all got together and thought ‘ Well , we 'll get these haircuts and these clothes and it will give us a concept that people can grab hold on to straight away ’ . |
| 5 | All I can remember was that everything was uncomfortable , especially getting up and going to bed . |
| 6 | ‘ So get up and start again , ’ she said roughly . |
| 7 | So get out and do n't come back . |
| 8 | So I said well I 'd like to go but Barbara 's going at five o'clock to get down and get a tea that 's too early . |
| 9 | There 's some crossover , but the three different angles on pop music maybe give some clue as to how three old failed musicians could suddenly get together and write such a series of unpredictable hoots . |
| 10 | Who knows , he may even feel well enough to get up and enjoy some lunch with you . ’ |
| 11 | Seemed to love going forward and was quick enough to get back when needed . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better get round and feed Eliot , ’ said Constance . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ put in Elaine now , ‘ I 'd better get upstairs and help Nannie to get the tribe to sleep , because they 're so excited . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I think , ’ said Jack , ‘ we 'd better get on and search . ’ |
| 15 | Er I was still slobbing around in my dressing-gown and you know yesterday 's clothes and so I I I thought I 'd better get up and do stuff . |
| 16 | ‘ If the dog wants to go out , had n't you better get up and take her ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ In fact , I 've just remembered , I 'd better get back and start packing . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd better get back and go on listening . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd better get back and get some work done , ’ she said to anybody who was interested . |
| 20 | With a sigh , she said , ‘ I 'd better get back and fill out an accident report — I would imagine there will be quite an enquiry into this one . ’ |
| 21 | The Hawken and the Grenville families soon got together and repaired to Ince . |
| 22 | But he finally got there and settled himself down and lifted his baton . |
| 23 | He just got up and left without looking at me . |
| 24 | One day one of the girls who came from Birmingham ( she used to come down , work the week and go back up ) , she just got up and said , really unexpectedly , ‘ I 'm going back . ’ |
| 25 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 26 | So I just got up and did it . |
| 27 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 28 | He just got on and obeyed . |
| 29 | ‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’ |
| 30 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |