Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to get [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have then had a verbal exchange with your next in line , but bar that you were expected to get on with the work . |
| 2 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 3 | Sometimes my brothers and I were allowed to get out of the car with him and peek at the movie in progress while he spoke to the manager or cashier . |
| 4 | Both the industry and the Group Organisers would benefit if the Organisers were left to get on with what they were happiest and most able to do , namely , organising . |
| 5 | Companies were advised to get out of dogs as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Although he was forbidden to get out of bed he sneaked over every evening and peeped out , unable to resist looking . |
| 7 | The van having arrived at the weighbridge , she got out , but was instructed to get back in as she was ‘ part of the load ’ . |
| 8 | The first year of the new HCIMA programmes of study was shown to get off to a good start , with over 740 student enrolments . |
| 9 | That leaves many at the mercy of landlords in a tough market … like this young woman who was told to get out after falling one week behind with her rent . |
| 10 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 11 | The night before I could not get to sleep then in the morning I woke up at half past five when I was meant to get up at seven thirty . |
| 12 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 13 | And I got the book it must have a bus you know ano , another , an extra bus on because he was allowed to get off at the tonight . |
| 14 | It was only last summer that she was allowed to get back in the swing . |
| 15 | The Fire was started to get back at a prisoner who had refused to take part in a food boycott . |
| 16 | ‘ He idolised the professional wrestlers he saw on television , and was determined to get in on action . ’ |