Example sentences of "[noun pl] get [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stopped instead , and two humans in dark blue suits got out and started to lumber across the field . |
| 2 | Several of the nearer birds got up and flew along the shore , revealing another feature which pin-pointed their origins : the lack of a white rump showed them to be of the race hudsonicus which breeds in northern Canada . |
| 3 | Half an hour before the match started two tractors pulled up at the swing bridge , the drivers got out and had a short discussion and proceeded to plough up the field opposite my peg . |
| 4 | The fourth point , Chairman , er is the new settlement issue , and while that 's due for discussion on policy H Two , that issue does shall I suggest invade policy H One , because an appropriate form of words has to be agreed in policy H One to reflect the new settlement issue and as you 'll be aware the County Council is about a step by step approach towards the finalization of the new settlement erm strategy for Greater York , and then finally , a specific issue that you mentioned is the distribution of developments between the Greater York districts er within Greater York , now as you 'll be aware Chairman , that has been done informally , following the original structure plan in nineteen eighty the County and the Districts got together and agreed the distribution of housing and employment land in Greater York . |
| 5 | Three young Arabs got out and stood quietly talking together . |
| 6 | Then a police car pulled in behind , then another one , and four lovely bobbies got out and told the Americans — well , they must have been Americans , and huge they were — to put their guns away or be disarmed . |
| 7 | The GYMI organised the event at the Norwich Indoor Kart Centre , for 23 representatives from local companies to get together and enjoy a competitive evening . |
| 8 | ‘ So why do n't those countries get together and refuse to pay ? ’ |
| 9 | Sikes got up and locked the door . |
| 10 | Stirring potential buyers to get out and see what is for sale is a key element of successful salesmanship . |
| 11 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 12 | JACOB 'S LADDER ( Guild ) Freaked-out Vietnam vets get together and discover they were used as government guinea pigs during the war . |
| 13 | Other guests now rose to leave and the two English envoys got up and began to move amongst the different groups . |
| 14 | I do n't mind managers getting together and having in a sense management buy- outs . |
| 15 | This is less Ben Elton-speak than naked ambition to be an admired state-of-the-art comedian who can acknowledge the wrongs of the world , shift with the politics of the time , try out new techniques ( in this case performing in theatres with a captive audience rather than in a back room full of hecklers getting up and wandering to the bar every 20 minutes ) and be funny . |
| 16 | Pencom Software Inc has kicked off a programme to rapidly prototype device drivers for NextStep 486 to help hardware and peripherals vendors get up and running for NextWorld next month . |
| 17 | Especially in view of the fact that , in the far corner , the old lady in the wheelchair was making determined but unsuccessful efforts to get up and walk . |
| 18 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 19 | Cattini got up and walked over to the barman who was wiping glasses . |
| 20 | Oh yes , they were all fed properly , looked after alright , but they all , they told me they were all pedigrees but I doubt cos I do n't know whether that 's the truth , but they reckon in Poland when things were bad , when they unload them , they 'd make some excuse that one of these pigs got out and run away and course they used to catch it er , somewhere they used to catch it and that was their fee then . |
| 21 | What will not do — though you 'd be surprised how often this happens anyway — is a group of political activists getting together and saying , ‘ Auntie Flo thinks that … ’ or , I think a good slogan would be … ’ |
| 22 | They even create photographic opportunities by letting the passengers get down and take photographs while the train does two or three runs past . |
| 23 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 24 | The philosophy of town twinning , I thought , was that two towns of similar nature with joint interests got together and interacted . |
| 25 | Connections between the men 's behaviour in the bar and the roomful of college boys who cheer a news report discrediting Sarah Bob , one of the rapists gets up and takes a bow — and crucially , with the male provenance of the District Attorney 's office . |
| 26 | It is interesting that when critics get together and discuss differences of opinion regarding certain recordings , these are almost certainly derived not so much from pure bias , as illfocused thinking . |
| 27 | It concerns a Ship from another world landing on this planet , and strange creatures get out and say to a petrol pump , dustbin , slot-machine or similar mechanical device , ‘ Take me to your leader . ’ |
| 28 | This had some value , leading old ladies to get up and give me their seat on public transport . |
| 29 | At half past one the men got up and checked their equipment , gathering several sticks as well . |
| 30 | Two men got out and bundled the driver into the car . |