Example sentences of "[adv] got [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One grey-haired captain , a rough old chap , sat and sat not saying a word , mute as a mackerel , then suddenly got up in the middle of the room ad , you know , said aloud as if speaking to himself , ‘ If there 's no God then what sort of a Captain am I after that ? ’ , ad seized his cap and threw up his arms and went out . |
| 2 | And er he was back there ten days ago for some or other to see another customer and when he came , only got back into the country on Monday or Tuesday |
| 3 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
| 4 | ‘ They have had their ins and outs and have all got back into the side , ’ he says . |
| 5 | We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car . |
| 6 | However , before racing ceases to be a single-parent sport , the Jockey Club deserves full credit for not only having forged ahead with the Sunday fixtures but also firing the well-aimed salvos that finally got through to the Government the iniquities of the level of VAT being charged on the breeding , rearing and racing of bloodstock in this country compared with France and Ireland . |
| 7 | It had been he himself , Lewis , who had finally got on to the man there who was in the process of completing the proofs for the forthcoming seminal opus entitled Pre-Conquest Craftsmanship in Southern Britain , by Theodore S. Kemp , MA , DPhil ; the man who had been closeted with Kemp that fateful morning , and who had confirmed that Kemp had not left the offices until about 12.30 p.m . |
| 8 | The fact of the matter is , if we had not got on to the High Street , it would have been very difficult to justify our coming to Stockton . |
| 9 | Louis looked as though he 'd just got up off the ground after being knocked out in a fight . |
| 10 | It was amazing that someone who had won the British Open three times and come second once over the past four years should have to qualify , but the boss just got on with the job . |
| 11 | By that time I 'd really stopped noticing whether people are male or female and just got on with the physics . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 13 | She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’ |
| 14 | A young woman who had evidently just got out of the Mini was approaching . |
| 15 | they built , they built a well beaten aircraft and they have n't got half the technical advantages that the West has and their computers has still , practically just got out of the stage . |
| 16 | I 've only just got back to the UK ’ He looked around him . |
| 17 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 18 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I think I 've rather got out of the habit of talking to people . ’ |
| 20 | It was not clear whether the robber ever got out of the car or escaped with any of their valuables . |
| 21 | He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station . |
| 22 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 23 | He flapped his warrant card in automatic greeting and waved a hand at Catherine who had also got out of the car . |
| 24 | We got votes against our proposals with no reasons given at all , you 've now got down to the point of having no reasons at all for opposing what we want to do . |
| 25 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
| 26 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 27 | Then she wonders why we have n't got on with the work . |
| 28 | Other medieval houses that are replicated medieval houses just have n't got on to the textiles in the way that we have . |
| 29 | So , but if you 'd like it on The Alchemist , and you feel you really have n't got through to The Alchemist , it 's here , okay ? |
| 30 | No I have n't got back to the strings . |