Example sentences of "get up a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 And er quarter to eight er quarter to nine in the morning , all the commuters are running around half asleep , wish they 'd got up a bit earlier but they did n't .
2 Get up a bit earlier and try a bit harder
3 Well i it 's a lot to do with the , the how light it is , I always get up a lot more easily I think when it 's , it 's not dark .
4 But Lugh would rise above it all , and would not bother to listen to complaints about who was getting larger helpings of stew , or who was having the most comfortable sleeping quarters , or even who was getting up a bit later than everyone else .
5 She was far too quick-witted to complain and endured silently , but she managed to extract a promise of a new hat and a new dress from him , before getting up an hour later to tidy herself and prepare supper .
6 ‘ I 'll just have to get up a bit earlier , that 's all . ’
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