Example sentences of "[verb] got [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 2 | But Olsen has got you to the WC94 , so he must be doing something right ; - ) |
| 3 | Store has got it in the can |
| 4 | Joe said he 'd got them from the pawnshop . |
| 5 | It did n't hurt that much , but he pretended she 'd got him in the balls , hoping for a little wifely penitence . |
| 6 | Anyhow , ’ he continued , ‘ the three of us spent the day locked in consultation , as Marc called it , the result being that he came charging to my rescue , routed the two con-merchants , who thought they 'd got me over a barrel , and generally behaved like the perfect human being he is . ’ |
| 7 | But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’ |
| 8 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 9 | , so I put her out in the end it erm it was surprising everybody knew what was going to happen they knew what I was going to do right when I come back in after swi place was empty they 'd got out that door before I 'd got her out the door but erm no it 's it 's very insulting . |
| 10 | He 'd got it to an art — |
| 11 | And now she 'd got it with a vengeance . |
| 12 | You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference . |
| 13 | when you when you knew that he 'd got you by the short and curlies ? |
| 14 | Having got her into the line the girl glanced at her and whispered , ‘ What 's your name ? ’ |
| 15 | I pointed out that Christianity had always stressed the idea of faith history ( having got it from the Jews ) and that Jesus was believed to be the intervention of God in human history . |
| 16 | We might have got her at the ferry . ’ |
| 17 | It started with a piece of foolishness that could have got me into a deal of trouble had I not have had a wise check in time from the inspector . |
| 18 | Okay , so I lied about the cuddly toy and the microwave , but I bet if ART could have got them into the Multiverb 's 1U , 19″ rack format they would have . |
| 19 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 20 | I mean if this had all sort of come before left we 'd have got it through no problem |
| 21 | She must have got it from the room where I keep my guns . |
| 22 | And recently in April , when two young girls from one of the refugee camps in San Salvador were captured , we put their names across on the programme every day until they were eventually transferred from a secret prison to the Women 's prison , We regard it as a triumph to have got them into a public prison , although they are minors , and now we are demanding their release , of course we exhaust all the legal channels as well but these days we just think of it as a formality , There have been occasions when we have presented a Habeas Corpus petition to the Supreme Court of Justice and the official concerned has simply torn the paper up in front of us and told us to get out . |
| 23 | But , feeling glad to have got him off the subject of how apparently her virginal innocence did not tie up with her being a married woman , ‘ Well , if you do n't mind , I 'll just collect my car and head back to England , and — ’ |
| 24 | I 've got ours for the so that 's one fifty two and how much are these ? |
| 25 | Well in this I 've got her as the , dim twit . |
| 26 | If you 've got me on the records it 'll show you . |
| 27 | You 've got me on the touhgest part of the course and I 'm quite out of breath . |
| 28 | You do n't have to keep your family 's name alive , and you 've got me as an object lesson when you are considering matrimony . " |
| 29 | The problem , Mr Chairman , is that after they 've got them into the authority , they 'll forget all about us again . |
| 30 | Got them over , they , they said , they said they know they 've got them over a barrel . |