Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] get a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , in second-half Wanderers raised their game and at the end of the day they just failed to get a point .
2 Punishments generally seemed to get a lot more severe whilst I was there .
3 I just thought get a life !
4 Bodie said , ‘ I just wanted to get a look at you before they spirit you away .
5 We always strove to get a solution that was acceptable all round .
6 I have no sympathy for Labour — as ever , it will sell its grandmother and any principle it ever had to get a foot into Number Ten — but it is hard to disagree with the view that they were hard done by .
7 I also wanted to get a rhythm through the work which portrayed some kind of dance .
8 I really did get a bit beyond myself .
9 You eventually managed to get a flight to Milan , where you stayed in hiding , and then you spent some time near Lake Como ?
10 John and Ann ( although Ann to a lesser extent ) were close contenders as they actively tried to get a tan .
11 Who actually managed to get a menu ?
12 I do n't know cos we thought you 'd be the only one who actually managed to get a copy when nobody else could lay their fice for the af from two o'clock in the afternoon yeah F finalised
13 Oh , yes , I never did get a chance to fly that big buzzard .
14 We were soon visual and able to locate the airfield , where once again the radio was not manned , so we never did get a weather report .
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