Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] to get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | who was sitting in the audience who is a nurse and er would 've known and she would 've been trying to get in and say this is not true . |
| 2 | But his attitude he 'd been taught to get on and do things so that he would be painting the back of the house or going on with his hobby or doing jobs on the car . |
| 3 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
| 4 | For an instant she had been tempted to get out of the invitation with a lie . |
| 5 | ‘ There were claw marks up the bank side where the badgers had been trying to get out . ’ |
| 6 | Dr. Goldsmith refused to answer the question whether Miss Price was capable of her duties , and Mr. Kenealy went on to say that a Mrs. Rainbow , bedridden for two years , had been made to get up only one week after her admission . |
| 7 | This was the sight that Bill Brice saw when he smilingly turned round , holding the fresh bottle of sherry which he had been kneeling to get out from under the window-seat . |
| 8 | I had been left to get on with things my way . |
| 9 | Some of these covers were actually odd pieces of common land , old cow-pastures that had been allowed to get out of hand , taken over by the fox-hunters for fencing and preservation , in return for a money payment to the holders of the common rights . |
| 10 | I 've been wanting to get out . |
| 11 | It 's like a dream in which we 've been trying to get through to people and we 've represented this by seeing ourselves locked inside our homes , desperately trying to get out . |
| 12 | I 've been trying to get through to him in New York for weeks , and when he finally shows up in the office I 'm covered in green face-mask . |
| 13 | Yes it 's it 's it was one of the er advertisements or programmes that went out on radio er again this is why I 've been trying to get over to people the sad things that have to happen to animals . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I 've been meaning to get down to Dingle . ’ |
| 15 | British citizens living there have been warned to get out if they think it necessary . |
| 16 | Certain men have been trying to get in on the politically correct act for a while . |
| 17 | I my personal opinion a Sloth might be a good analogy although they have been know to get down quicker than John ( i.e falling out of the tree ) |
| 18 | Just about everybody now agrees that matters have been allowed to get out of hand . |
| 19 | That 's it well tha there 's Peggy says I said oh well I 'm a bit erm worried about taking them and I said they have been known to get up and walk out , and said , surely not ! |
| 20 | My daughter 's been trying to get on for ages . |
| 21 | I opened my eyes at fucking five to six and I could see him at the window Ken ran then across the road and he says Dawn your brother 's been trying to get in for ages . |
| 22 | turn to Mr Potter I think he 's been dying to get back on this so |