Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or when did we get that vase ? |
| 2 | She did nor immediately help her to get her things together , but sat on the side of the bed and drew Millie towards her , saying , ‘ It 's a sorry day , child . |
| 3 | Once successful , he will run around and not allow you to get hold of his prize . |
| 4 | Dare they call her bluff and just let her get on with whatever she thought she could do to inconvenience them ? |
| 5 | After the next kick off , Arse reckon they 'll try that again , only this time Lukic jumps at the ball on the edge of his area , makes a nerve-jangling hoke of it and nearly lets it get to an Arse player before scrabbling it away . |
| 6 | Should the government dare to interfere with our private domestic life , let us rise to a man and protest and also let us get up a monster demonstration and march four deep to Trafalgar Square . " |
| 7 | Mr Middleton came from behind and repeatedly whipped it to get it over the gate . |
| 8 | It was raining cats and dogs and the teachers were running in and out helping us get our stuff in and just could n't do enough for us . |
| 9 | pure , pure and simply to let him get a sleep . |
| 10 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 11 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 12 | Note that to get the divisions to operate as we wish , all we have to do is to impose a transfer price and then let them get on with it . |
| 13 | I venture that the real reason Labour 's spin-doctors raised electoral reform in a clumsy and cynical way on Democracy Day , and then let it get out of control , was that none of them had actually read the Plant report . |
| 14 | I had no experience of teaching art to anyone , but the headmaster assured me that it simply involved giving the boys some paints to play with and then telling them to get on with it . |
| 15 | Find a good nanny and then help her get on with the job of looking after your children . |
| 16 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 17 | Given all these considerations , some supposedly empirical , but others more clearly normative , Schumpeter concluded that the proper role of the people was to choose their rulers through competitive elections , and then leave them to get on with the business of governing . |
| 18 | ‘ And how does it get to be so smooth and shiny ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And how does he get away with this ? ’ |
| 20 | How do we breach what you do and how d' ya get there . |
| 21 | And how d' you get toast charred so that you 've got to scrape it off but it is n't burnt ? |
| 22 | and how do we get back ? |
| 23 | How much access control is needed , and how do we get it ? |
| 24 | ‘ And how do we get out when we reach Moloch ? ’ |
| 25 | Updating this legendary story would have made it ridiculous — not that this has ever deterred some of our intrepid producers — for its crux is the shooting of the apple on young Jemmy 's head ( brilliantly staged ) , and how do you get round that ? |
| 26 | And how do you get the questions done , do you write , draw pictures |
| 27 | And how do I get published ? |
| 28 | And how do I get out ? |
| 29 | ‘ Jo , all I want to know is what have I got into and how do I get out ? |
| 30 | well no cos mum was doing the ironing and how do I get it out if she 's with the ironing ? |