Example sentences of "he get [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me highly likely that the killer had locked himself in and that he got away during that fifteen minutes . ’ |
| 2 | She had always been quite dependent on Keith , which was why he got away with such a lot , but eventually she has grown more confident , and believes that she can now make it on her own . |
| 3 | In the latest incident he got away with three thousand pounds from a building society after threatening staff with a knife or a gun . |
| 4 | In the latest incident , in Gloucester , he got away with three thousand pounds after threatening staff with a knife or a gun . |
| 5 | First being patched up in hospital , then giving statements to the police , having Jamie arrested … he got home at six o'clock in the morning Hong Kong time and had the heart attack . ’ |
| 6 | He got there at four o'clock he had four fish he could catch I think out of the ten for the week cos he caught the others and he 'd caught them all by half past four . |
| 7 | He got there in 1912 only to find Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten him to it . |
| 8 | In New York in 1983 he got there in three hours 54 minutes — his fastest marathon . |
| 9 | ‘ Athens , my chiefest joy , ’ he had written several years before he got there in vivid anticipation ; now he experienced its individual dynamic . |
| 10 | ‘ So he gets here after all , the bastard , ’ said Johnny sombrely . |
| 11 | And he gets away with bloody murder ! |
| 12 | ‘ And how does he get away with this ? ’ |