Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst I was in Holloway , my probation officer sorted out something to try and stop me getting a prison sentence . |
| 2 | All they did was take photographs and , and send somebody round to try and stop us getting a home here ! |
| 3 | After a while I decided it was best to try and help her get on better with her father , and now by interfering between them I 've been the cause of her being kidnapped . |
| 4 | Towards the end he could no longer fend for himself and good neighbours used to come and help me get him up out of bed and into a chair . |
| 5 | Well that happened and er I was man and er they er brought me all the odd jobs that was going about and they used to go down the warehouse and er there was a fellow there , well a woman more than anything , know 'd where every thing was and in no time at all they showed me where the things were and er I er , young , it was in my memory , and in no time at all the men in the shop used to come and ask me to get them something from out the warehouse for this and that and the other . |
| 6 | and then you had to go and let it get a new engine ! |
| 7 | I 've always loved cleaning , it helps me to think and stops me getting ideas above my station . |