Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] get [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have then had a verbal exchange with your next in line , but bar that you were expected to get on with the work . |
| 2 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 3 | ‘ She was wondering what they were going to get up to next . |
| 4 | it 's Wednesday today all day I thought you were going to get on with your painting ? |
| 5 | That was all they were going to get out of her . |
| 6 | With coughing , he opened his eyes and began groaning which was at least some sign of progress , and I started looking about to see how we were going to get out of what appeared to be uncomfortably like a prison . |
| 7 | ‘ How did you think you were going to get by without me to explain everything to you ? ’ asks Phil reasonably . |
| 8 | The adults were beginning to get out of hand : some were dancing , having a ‘ knees up ’ ; others were arguing with the organ grinder about what should be played . |
| 9 | Several Perks were fighting to get out of the crack . |
| 10 | Sometimes my brothers and I were allowed to get out of the car with him and peek at the movie in progress while he spoke to the manager or cashier . |
| 11 | Both the industry and the Group Organisers would benefit if the Organisers were left to get on with what they were happiest and most able to do , namely , organising . |
| 12 | But I were trying to get through to her . |
| 13 | ‘ People were trying to get out of carpark and away from the town and this man was still insisting he got his 20 pence from every driver . ’ |
| 14 | Companies were advised to get out of dogs as soon as possible . |
| 15 | Lawton was struggling to get out of his pack the receiver that would pick up the radio signals from the miniature transceiver Forster said was attached to his slayer . |
| 16 | Although he was forbidden to get out of bed he sneaked over every evening and peeped out , unable to resist looking . |
| 17 | Circumstantial evidence may include that the defendant was the only person with the car keys ; he was seen getting out of the vehicle ; he was seen going towards or getting in the vehicle and/or he said he was going to drive the vehicle . |
| 18 | A woman with a blond plait was seen getting out of a car with a man near the canal upstream of Sharpness . |
| 19 | One minute I was a ploughman ; the next I was scrambling to get out from under an interrogator 's lamp . |
| 20 | The van having arrived at the weighbridge , she got out , but was instructed to get back in as she was ‘ part of the load ’ . |
| 21 | The first year of the new HCIMA programmes of study was shown to get off to a good start , with over 740 student enrolments . |
| 22 | That leaves many at the mercy of landlords in a tough market … like this young woman who was told to get out after falling one week behind with her rent . |
| 23 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 24 | ‘ I was attempting to get up on my feet and if my boot caught Bob Jackson then it was accidental . |
| 25 | As soon as lunch was over , Mr Evans was fidgeting to get back to the shop . |
| 26 | I was going to get up at 5.30 anyway so it did n't make all that much difference . |
| 27 | And her mind did n't question how she had got into this situation but how she was going to get out of it . |
| 28 | She had been dismissive enough with Manfro , but she was n't quite sure how she was going to get out of her predicament . |
| 29 | He turned down the lamp and wondered how he was going to get in without wakening her ; when suddenly she started up , crying out with despair , fighting to be free of the blankets . |
| 30 | Meat Loaf came on to a volley of missiles and for one , beautiful moment , it seemed he was going to get down from the stage and beat some arsehole to death . |