Example sentences of "[vb -s] got [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These schemes are notorious for corruption , but something has got through to the poor . |
| 2 | ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said . |
| 3 | This is afterwards , when he has got up from the couch , when he 's making a date for the next appointment and putting on his overcoat in the hall , returning to his ordinary guarded self before he walks out on to the street . |
| 4 | Wait until the driver or the passenger has got out of the car and , as they approach you , quickly reverse back down the road so that you are out of their reach and have room to manoeuvre . |
| 5 | The idea has got about during the past three weeks that there is really not much difference between the parties , give or take the odd howl of anguish from the higher-tax-paying classes . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's got on with the job in a pleasant and professional manner . |
| 7 | I do n't know who 's got through from the other games , but we 'll take anyone on really I think . |
| 8 | I 've been at dinner with him when something someone has said made him laugh so much he 's got up from the table to give the fullest physical expression to it . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's got off by the blonde one in the wig , anyway ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't suppose Mr Trumper will expect you to be there every morning at four thirty , ’ she laughed ‘ Just until he 's got back in the swing of things . |
| 11 | I think Shel 's got down to the beginning again ! |