Example sentences of "the [noun] get [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I could do but I , you see , I have n't got the money to get home and you know |
| 2 | The snorting grew louder , and as the brute got more and more excited by the nearness of the delicious Little Billy smell , the smoke began coming out faster and faster , whoomph-whoomph , whoomph-whoomph , whoomph-whoomph . |
| 3 | The fourth point , Chairman , er is the new settlement issue , and while that 's due for discussion on policy H Two , that issue does shall I suggest invade policy H One , because an appropriate form of words has to be agreed in policy H One to reflect the new settlement issue and as you 'll be aware the County Council is about a step by step approach towards the finalization of the new settlement erm strategy for Greater York , and then finally , a specific issue that you mentioned is the distribution of developments between the Greater York districts er within Greater York , now as you 'll be aware Chairman , that has been done informally , following the original structure plan in nineteen eighty the County and the Districts got together and agreed the distribution of housing and employment land in Greater York . |
| 4 | The feeling for the good player who tends to have an aggravating fade with tee shots , is one of turning in the backswing and then almost trying to sit on the right foot until the moment of impact , the club getting there before the body unwinds . |
| 5 | I hang my coat up and start to shout and tell those who are hanging around in the corridor to get outside until the bell goes . |
| 6 | The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer — horses pulling a long wagon train . |
| 7 | We sha n't know what else is missing until the relatives get here but it was probably money he was after … for drugs , I dare say . ’ |
| 8 | Because it 's like the water getting faster and faster around the , around the plug-hole and it all becomes gentlemen , let's check out you . |
| 9 | Amongst other escapes , a common criminal , Wesley Scroggs who is supposed to have just slung a rope over the battlements to get away and another prisoner who just ran out of the main door into the street . |
| 10 | They begin by asking the question : in the period immediately following a defection , what would stop the firms getting together and , instead of actually carrying out the punishment , agreeing to reinstitute the collusive agreement ? |
| 11 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 12 | sort of , quarter past seven he 's had to leave in the morning to get there and then not getting home to , sort of , seven o'clock Dave picks up from the station and I think |
| 13 | He needed the means to get abroad as the nation drifted closer to war with Germany . |
| 14 | Sound of the train getting closer and before I knew it I was out on that street pushing the trolley . |
| 15 | It would be perverse to find fault with the elevation of Aids awareness to the status of a rock cause , and particularly silly to fret about performance infelicities ( nobody really looks to David Bowie for enlightenment , do they ? ) providing the message gets across and the money comes in . |
| 16 | The man got away but he may have left a vital clue . |
| 17 | My people at the PFA feel that until the League get together and show there is a practical job for me to do , they do n't see why they should let me go . ’ |
| 18 | Here the men get well and truly separated from the cowboys . |
| 19 | If the sergeant got there before you and did n't find you , he would tap with his signalling stick and it goes for miles in the middle of the night — give him a little tinkle , and you walk towards one another . |
| 20 | Elizabeth Broun , Director of the NMAA , warns , ‘ It 's quite likely that no one remembers how the sculptures got there or who 's responsible for them ’ . |
| 21 | Corbett pushed through the crowd to get away and stood with his back to a pillar . |
| 22 | And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted . |
| 23 | The dealer got more and more paranoid sitting there , noticing these two guys in the corner who kept looking at a bit of paper then at him , then having a bit of a conflab . |
| 24 | Of its $6.5 million annual budget , the CAM gets less than $175,000 from city and state government , yet has managed to operate in the black for the last nine years . |
| 25 | Mansell , due to race for the Newman-Haas Indy Car team in America next season , said : ‘ I ran across the track to get away because I wanted to avoid a big fight . |
| 26 | As the miles get more and more and more is the value going to get bigger or get smaller ? |
| 27 | As far as Gaily could judge , the cards got more and more unsuitable each year . |
| 28 | I had n't got the change to ring you from the tube , and I 'd had to rush out of the house to get there because I woke up late . ’ |