Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] get [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 2 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried to get a £1,000 overdraft from my bank , but they tried to make me take out a lot of loans . |
| 4 | Well , I tried to get a video cos I wa I wanted to use this section to actually watch it . |
| 5 | And that was the day after ( heart going bang-the-big-bass-drum 'cos I knew what they 'd say ) I tried to get a word in edgeways when they finally fixed my GCSE options . |
| 6 | I tried to get a lift from every vehicle that passed , but Oliver only stuck out his thumb at cars he really wanted to ride in , and sometimes even scowled at drivers whose cars he disapproved of . |
| 7 | Yesterday , after that tearful reunion with my suitcase , I tried to get a negro hand-slapping thing going with Felix . |
| 8 | When it stopped bouncing on what were left of its shock absorbers , I tried to get the driver 's door open but it , and the passenger door , were jammed shut . |
| 9 | I tried to get the money . |
| 10 | Strange one again , but that 's when , when I tried to get the lightning . |
| 11 | I tried to get the trade unions into a form which made my managerial activities easier rather than trying to let them find a consensus between themselves . |
| 12 | I tried to get the book for my sister-in-law for her birthday but most places were sold out . |
| 13 | I tried to get the dog destroyed , but the vet suggested I have a re-think , so then we had it placed . |
| 14 | At the age of twelve , I tried to get an audition for a place in the Suffolk Junior Strings , but the man who was organising it , said : ‘ had you played the viola , you would have got in . ’ |
| 15 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
| 16 | There were no A-levels or 0-levels and although I once got a hearty handshake for my English book from a kindly Mr. Pickering at Abbeydale School , I seemed to get the cane for almost everything else . |
| 17 | And I 'd got a board with all the numbers on and hooks you see ? |
| 18 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
| 19 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |
| 20 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
| 21 | I 'd got a baby — forty-two hours in labour , but I 'd finally got a baby . |
| 22 | Well no , no I , I , I 'd got a cycle and er the money was very useful to us cos er my husband , he worked on the , on the top of at Parcel he could n't go down , they were n't allowed underneath er because he wore glasses , anyone wearing glasses they were n't allowed underground you see and they had to work on what they call on the surface , and of course the wages were n't , were n't much and er I was glad to go out to work and er and I , I eventually I had a cycle and I used to cycle to Squires and back you know , and erm it was , it was very very useful indeed the money I , I , I earned there . |
| 23 | A little while ago it come too much for me cos I 'd got a lot to pay . |
| 24 | I 'd got a lot of autographs ; Kenny Lynch , Gareth Hunt , that bloke who used to be in The Sweeney , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Rachael Heyhoe-Flint . |
| 25 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
| 26 | If I 'd got a seat on the back of my bicycle Amy could have gone on my bicycle . |
| 27 | I 'd got a job . |
| 28 | I 'm still friends with my tutor , and she was really pleased when I told her I 'd got a job . |
| 29 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 30 | I 'd got a stripe pretty quickly but lacked another qualification for the duties the colonel , doubtless a frustrated journalist himself , had mapped out for me . |