Example sentences of "[vb past] get a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Ana asked softly , and Maggie took a deep breath and tried to get a smile into her voice . |
| 3 | Again and again in the fifth and fourth centuries the other Greek states tried to get a hold on Thessaly . |
| 4 | Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency as he tried to get a look at the situation . |
| 5 | Then we tried to get a pair of shoes , also a standard model . |
| 6 | Just as their main interest was in the ways of life of people as seen by the people themselves , so they tried to get a sense of the past into their work by using life-histories . |
| 7 | Their first stop was Munich , where Wolfgang tried to get a job with the elector , but was refused . |
| 8 | He tried to get a post at the British Museum , and was most indignant when it went to George Children , a friend of Davy and thus possessing superior patronage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | We tried to get a balance between a Test side and a one day side from the squad . |
| 11 | He tried to get a fix on it . |
| 12 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
| 13 | I 'm sure he was , but the last few years when I knew him he 'd gotten a lot of respect from people and he was n't having to struggle any more , and I think he knew the people loved him and he liked that . |
| 14 | He knew then he 'd got a chance of winning . |
| 15 | And I 'd got a board with all the numbers on and hooks you see ? |
| 16 | And we I tell you we 'd got a couple of hundred in ours . |
| 17 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 18 | I loaded them on , and when she tried to push she found out she 'd got a trolley with a wonky wheel . |
| 19 | ‘ They 'd got a tail off a fox fur and pinned it on the back of Victor 's coat just before he started the dance . |
| 20 | Oh he , I should say he 'd got a knife in his hand knife that 'd be . |
| 21 | We 'd got a temp by now who eyed Malcolm through a haze of blue eyeshadow and tapped on the typewriter with fingernails like goose quills . |
| 22 | Their stories were n't ones of passive pain , but tales of active resistance — having somewhere to run to , they 'd got a grip of their own lives . |
| 23 | Erm you , you never really sort of er he said he 'd got a bit of paper somewhere and he could perhaps go and find it and you said , you know , sort of no not now erm but having done that you never , you never , not now erm but having done that you never , you never , I |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | And there was a , two friends of theirs who were courting and he 'd got a pimple on the end of his nose . |
| 26 | And he 'd got a strip of steel about four inches the half inch and he stuck at the back of his , i it was a long seat that were a four of us sat on with iron legs and they stuck it in the wood and you 'd flip it and it i , you know how it would sto |
| 27 | ‘ He did once say to me that we did n't know what we 'd got a hold of . |
| 28 | doctor said he 'd got a collar on his neck again did n't he ? |
| 29 | ‘ Well , she 'd got a date with someone . |
| 30 | If I 'd got a seat on the back of my bicycle Amy could have gone on my bicycle . |