Example sentences of "get [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she went and got the Deputy Head and she was a bit upset about it , and then after that our biology group was chopped right down , more or less cut in half , and most of the boys went somewhere else to do their biology while the rest of us stayed with that teacher and we got on a lot better then , you know . |
| 2 | So I got down an entry , eating it . |
| 3 | 'Cos , like , just 'cos you 're gettin' on a bit does n't mean you ca n't wear fab gear an' pull groovy chicks an' that . |
| 4 | He always went to sleep with his still burning , so he got through a lot more than she did . |
| 5 | A D-V flashed across , firing and missing ; Richards got off a burst and saw his bullets rip open the fuselage . |
| 6 | The attacker grabbed the child after she she got off a bus alone and told her : ‘ I 'm going to kill you . ’ |
| 7 | And er when you 'd got on a bit you delivered the baby but the midwife was there to see you did n't make any mistakes and , and really to t teach you to do it . |
| 8 | So maybe , it would have been better if you could have even got down a bit lower and to , to , to get more of it from the horizon . |
| 9 | Erm , I think possibly again , if you 'd got down a bit lower this sort of little rise in the ground there , that er that 's a , it 's erm what do you call it ? |
| 10 | You see this post standing up here now we 've got down a lot lower this time , in fact , I think , it 's the same post . |
| 11 | And er quarter to eight er quarter to nine in the morning , all the commuters are running around half asleep , wish they 'd got up a bit earlier but they did n't . |
| 12 | They 've also got up a selection of works by contemporary Latin American artists . |
| 13 | If someone had got up a petition for that bloke who refused to pay his ticket because the heating did n't work , I would have signed it . |
| 14 | If they had all spent a little of their energy cooperating with staff instead of moaning , they would have got out a lot quicker . |
| 15 | Some of Tuscany 's best wines , now made entirely from Sangiovese , would never have reached the drawing board had not an imported French variety got up a lot of Italian noses . |
| 16 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 17 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 18 | He was getting on a bit , transferred in to the Mounted . |
| 19 | Mr Jagger responded by saying , ‘ Poor old Bill 's getting on a bit now , you know . |
| 20 | NOW that 's he getting on a bit , Eric Clapton is steering clear of his flashy Ferraris and Alfa Romeos . |
| 21 | ‘ He was getting on a bit , was n't he ? ’ |
| 22 | They were getting on a bit when I was born . ’ |
| 23 | I ca n't believe Mel is the player he was two years ago and he must be getting on a bit now , but we have still got Ray Wallace just incase I s'pose . |
| 24 | She says you have to be brusque with them because they 're getting on a bit , you know . |
| 25 | ‘ He is getting on a bit , he is going grey round the whiskers and has a milky white coat . |
| 26 | You get down a bit lower and I 'll drop it down to you |
| 27 | The mortar men were not trained as Heavy Weapons Troops would be later in the war , but this did not prevent Sergeant Ramsey from getting off a bomb that appeared to go down the hotel chimney , reportedly causing a dozen or more casualties . |
| 28 | I decided to go for broke , and get up a performance of my own . ’ |
| 29 | " Mr. James Christie intimated to the Meeting that he would move at next meeting that the Members get up a Flower and Vegetable Show sometime during this season . " |
| 30 | Get up a bit earlier and try a bit harder |