Example sentences of "[subord] i get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm frightened of horses — but I was aware of all the rumours about me being ‘ difficult ’ to work with , so I got on the horse to avoid causing any problems . |
| 2 | He said ‘ The front door was locked , so I got through the window at the back . |
| 3 | I thought I would die at the start but , actually , once I got into the swing of it all it was rather fun . ’ |
| 4 | Once I got inside the house I began to cheer up . |
| 5 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 6 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 7 | She said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I got in the way just now , when you wanted to talk about the vineyard . ’ |
| 8 | And I 'm going to get nowhere if I get on the golf course . |
| 9 | So I 'm gon na get I 'm gon na be at that thing by about seven o'clock if I get on the train by I doubt I very much doubt it I 'm getting the train . |
| 10 | I did n't even know what it was until I got to the studio . ’ |
| 11 | There was no reply , so I would have to contain my curiosity until I got to the golf course . |
| 12 | It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! |
| 13 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 14 | Nothing happened to me until I got off the Moon . |
| 15 | ‘ I was fine until I got on the pitch but then it all drained away and the game just passed me by . |
| 16 | I come to the two-metre-high brick wall which surrounds the estate and feel my way along it , stumbling over piles of earth and building debris until I get to the corner . |
| 17 | So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see , I wonder whether , who were those girls who were messing around over there ca n't stand that , mm , do something with them |
| 18 | But I 'm lucky , cos there 's this bloke who comes along , so when the lights turn green I just follow along behind him till I get to the other side . |
| 19 | I can hold it down till I get to the toilet I can . |
| 20 | Move just now then David till I get to the cupboard . |
| 21 | That 's when Mrs Marsh from over the road comes and sits with her while I get to the shops . |
| 22 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 23 | ‘ I had n't been feeling terrific ’ , he went on , ‘ since I got into the hospital . |
| 24 | A minute after I got into the water a large woman in an orange bathing cap swam up and asked if I was a newspaper correspondent . |
| 25 | Oh , yes , after I got to the perimeter of Aurae Phiala , where you can see clean across the bowl to the road the other side , I did see cars pass there a couple of times . |
| 26 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 27 | It actually takes some time before I get to the stage of asking for his name , the date or details of the place where he lives . |
| 28 | if I got ten before I get to the top I 've won have n't I ? |
| 29 | I only change into a fighter in the last ten minutes before I get into the ring . ’ |
| 30 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |