Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I only tried to get Lina a job . ’
2 I just have to get outdream before the kicking scene comes along . ’
3 ‘ Now I just want to get Christmas over with .
4 Later , Broderick admits that he was drawing on his own feelings about the death of his actor seven years ago , just as his career was taking off ( ‘ He watched everything I did , he was my big influence , and when I finally started to get work , he never got to see it ’ ) .
5 you can , and then I thought well if I ever do get grandchildren , no , I 'll keep it .
6 Following a brief chat with my fellow editorial staffers concerning such unimportant matters as choosing a writer or an illustrator appropriate to the piece , I will go to see Brian , our in-house number-cruncher and say something like , ‘ Hello Brian , ’ ( I always like to get meetings off to an informal and uncontroversial start ) ‘ I 'd just like to discuss next week 's cover story . ’
7 I also hope to get contributions from the District Council and possibly other organisations .
8 I really enjoyed getting people going — yes , I 'm well acquainted with the wooden spoon .
9 I really have got stomach ache though .
10 But Carol and I never seem to get time to be able to do these things on each other , but we have had the treatment so we do know that massage really does help you to relax .
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