Example sentences of "and got a " in BNC.
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1 | Luckily we were still in time to get into the RADA auditions , which I did and got a letter from them saying ‘ not only are you rejected but we strongly advise you to think about another career ’ . |
2 | ‘ After that I told Sir Alfred of my plans for a monocoque car for the next season , and got a sour letter back saying we had to win another grand prix before we talked about anything . |
3 | On the advice of a friend , she applied for and got a freelance job with the BBC in Plymouth . |
4 | I went into this shop and got a little box of them . |
5 | To complete the outfit , Alison had a pair of Victorian ankle boots made in the same material as her dress , and got a local milliner to make her a stunning hat . |
6 | The Heathfield trainer commented : ‘ Breakfast Car bashed a leg in his last race and got a bit of heat in it , so we turned him away for the rest of last season . |
7 | When he finally did stop working , it was the first time in a year and a half that everyone involved stopped and got a chance to take a break , and once everyone took a break , things began to change . |
8 | ‘ All right , tell me , ’ he said , as he sat down heavily beside her , and got a careful , measuring . |
9 | He filled in most of the coupons again and got a further selection of condoms , Bob Martin 's and catalogues . |
10 | Marie waited in the warm , greasy atmosphere of the fish and chip shop and got a tray of chips , complete with its own little wooden fork . |
11 | Authorative first crime novel from a woman so obsessed with violent crime that she gave up crime reporting and got a job in the morgue |
12 | The kind of girl that even if you did n't know well you always said ‘ hello ’ to and got a cheery wave and a smile back . |
13 | I got hold of him and got a punch in the face as well . |
14 | In the fourth part of Israel : A Nation Is Born ( C4 ) , Dr Abba Eban was celebrating a 25-year-old victory , the Six Day War , in which a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt 's President Nasser set out to destroy the Jewish state and got a bloody nose from the Israeli pre-emptive strike . |
15 | I got hold of him and got a punch in the face as well … ’ |
16 | He exchanged insults with the dog in the wine barrel and got a kick in the ribs from his master . |
17 | As they carried Robbie into the yard she glanced towards the staircase door and wondered if she should ask them to wait a moment until she went and got a coat and hat . |
18 | It had become a sort of trouble-shooting body that had been put in to try and dish the Foreign Office and got a bloody nose . |
19 | Of course , Moses might have been going senile and got a bit mixed up . |
20 | One old gentleman took the advice , pleaded his cause with the head maid , and got a place . |
21 | So we saw this fellow go up to the window and look and then he went and got a stone from the kerb and ‘ bang ’ on the window . |
22 | She then stayed with us , and got a taxi for me to Victoria , which was taking Hastings trains at that time . |
23 | He demanded and got a proper office . |
24 | I rang the number and got a Mrs. Candy . |
25 | He tried out an elimination diet , and got a reasonably good response . |
26 | Then , he started getting interested in banger-racing and got a steady girlfriend . |
27 | He returned one to the pile and got a larger one . |
28 | Your parents wo n't keep in touch with your old fast car after you 've dumped it and got a newer model . |
29 | Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip , pulling him back to comparative safety . |
30 | I reached round and got a good handful of his arse . |