Example sentences of "get [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward had dropped the whole cargo of gifts by the time he had got down the twenty iron rungs of the ladder . |
| 2 | And anything , then national testing I 've got down the twenty four er , week thirty two to week thirty seven . |
| 3 | Chief Executive Hazel Dudgeon , fronting the course 's annual preview for the first time , said : ‘ We have got back the two evening meetings ( 15 and 29 July ) we lost last year and now have six of these on our 17-strong programme . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd have got out the padded shoulders and the four-inch heels had I known you were going to appear looking like someone whom Central Casting had sent to play — ’ her gaze flicked over his well-groomed appearance and immaculate suit ‘ — the Wall Street tycoon , ’ she said astringently . |
| 5 | She 's sure to have got out the best china and baked a meat pie or something . |
| 6 | They 'd got out the best china and crystal glasses , the damask napkins , the ebony-handled knives . |
| 7 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
| 8 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 9 | National literatures , like writers , get along the best way they can , and with what they can . |
| 10 | Was getting down the same as getting up and could you do it in platforms and slingbacks ? |
| 11 | Was getting down the same as getting up and could you do it in platforms and slingbacks ? |
| 12 | As we leave the womb , enter the world and grow , and get over the initial wonder of walking , we change our pre-natal wheelchair for a series of substitute wheelchairs — bicycles , motor-cycles , cars , taxis , buses , trains , aeroplanes — and chairs ( in houses , schools , offices ; anywhere where people gather and sit ) . |
| 13 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 14 | His message to all farmers of the world is crystal clear ; get off the chemical treadmill now before it is too late . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't care less , get off the fucking line , ’ shouted Plummer and slammed the receiver down . |
| 16 | When you get off the beaten track and talk to people , you find out what 's really going on beneath the surface that the visitors see , the intimate details ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Get off the puritanical high-horse , man . |
| 18 | A. T. You used to accumulate this time you worked over and try and get off the last four hours when nobody was about . |
| 19 | But I mean a mother that could n't sleep all night , and get up the next day , having to cope with the family , erm you know , thing things like that , they 're very difficult . |
| 20 | The effort of getting up the third and fourth flights , which I tried to manage in one go , muddled me somehow . |
| 21 | He was slapping about with a dustpan and brush , getting up the worst of the spilled coffee and other foods . |
| 22 | If so , get out the appropriate Shelfold and add the relevant note . |
| 23 | get out the fucking car ! |
| 24 | come on you Lada shit , get out the fucking way |
| 25 | Come on get out the fucking way . |
| 26 | Get out the fucking way man . |
| 27 | The sooner DOL gets back the better IMO . |
| 28 | The less that gets out the better , whatever happens . ’ |
| 29 | The quicker Taylor gets out the better . |
| 30 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |