Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd better get used to it , Guy thought inflexibly . |
| 2 | She has been unable to get an academic job since ; she did not get a job in science until 1990 , when she was hired by Genetics Institute , a biotechnology company founded by one of her few supporters , Mark Ptashne of Harvard . |
| 3 | But she did not get into bed . |
| 4 | She did not get up and come towards him as he got out , but waited until he had crossed the grass to sit down beside her on the wooden seat . |
| 5 | According to popular , male mythology the worldly , urban woman was continually demanding more material possessions and , if she did not get them , might desert her man . |
| 6 | Earlier this year she persuaded a judge to let her stay with her boyfriend 's family because she did not get on with her father , who had recently been reconciled with his wife . |
| 7 | She did not get out of bed to look . |
| 8 | One , Dr Douglas Rossdale , said : ‘ If she did not get the answer she wanted from one doctor she would go to another . ’ |
| 9 | If Constance expected her role as Lydia back , she did not get it . |
| 10 | After , she did not get into bed , but took her volume of Tennyson through into the sitting-room . |
| 11 | Very much shaken as she was by the assault , she nevertheless would not have voluntarily given up her job — but she did not get the choice . |
| 12 | She did not get to learn her late-night caller 's name , but felt a touch easier when he bit out , ‘ I 'm his cousin , ’ and sent any remaining doubts and fears away when he added , ‘ In case you 're interested , his mother 's halfway demented worrying about him . |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe she did n't get round to asking him much about himself yet , ’ Rose said just to break the brooding silence . |
| 14 | When Wexford got home for his tea Clytemnestra wagged her darning-wool tail at him but she did n't get out of his chair . |
| 15 | It did n't really hurt as long as she did n't get his face . |
| 16 | He did n't care as long as she did n't get caught and ask him to pay the fine . |
| 17 | As long as she did n't get too serious it was all right . |
| 18 | But Louisa , who had been brought up with her father 's constant comment that she was ‘ the prettiest girl in the world ’ , grew up with a very unreal need to feel praised and fêted for her looks , and when as a teenager she did n't get the same kind of compliments from other people , she not surprisingly felt unloved and unattractive as a result . |
| 19 | If it was negative she would need to be vaccinated , and it was essential that she did n't get pregnant for three months afterwards as the vaccine also can damage the baby . |
| 20 | Although Mum was working at the fish shop she did n't get much for her labours , sometimes only some fish and chips . |
| 21 | She did n't get paid but loved it . |
| 22 | She did n't get out much , except to church . |
| 23 | He was a man capable of great charm , but she would have to be careful that she did n't get taken in by it , Hari told herself sternly . |
| 24 | Because you see that was her father 's name , and she did n't get on with her father . |
| 25 | She did n't get many letters , he thought , so I should write her one . |
| 26 | and she did n't get the sack . |
| 27 | My friend went to her , she did n't get rid . |
| 28 | Tried ever so hard to get rid but she could n't , she did n't get rid of it , the other two did . |
| 29 | He hated lying to her , even over something as innocent as this , but it was important that she did n't get involved . |
| 30 | Rosie 's got the stuff again and she did n't get it from him , so I told him Oliver had supplied her . |