Example sentences of "have get [adv prt] lightly " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has got off lightly : we learn with mildly comic surprise of mitigating circumstances : he had been good to a consumptive fellow student , and he had saved two children from a blazing house , getting burnt himself while doing so . |
| 2 | He 'd got off lightly with the men earlier . |
| 3 | Bill Stubbly had got off lightly — so far . |
| 4 | Unlike last year , most insurers have got off lightly . |
| 5 | You have got off lightly , even if your face will be swollen and painful for some time . ’ |