Example sentences of "got [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They got out of the truck . |
| 2 | The human carrying Masklin got out of the truck . |
| 3 | He got out of the taxi , paid the driver , then wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand . |
| 4 | Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi . |
| 5 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 6 | She got out of the taxi on Des Voeux and handed the driver a crumpled fistful of Hong Kong dollars . |
| 7 | I did not expect to survive but miraculously I escaped and got out of the country . |
| 8 | I believe , well I do n't know about broken limbs there were four that survived it , got out of the back of the back of the van but erm they had serious burns and such . |
| 9 | Bodie stopped the car at a discreet distance from Latowa 's blue van , and watched as Latowa got out of the cab and walked into one of the shops in the small row . |
| 10 | A street light caught the softness of her hair as she got out of the cab at 14th . |
| 11 | When they got out of the cab she could not shake him off . |
| 12 | We got out of the buggy and went through all these marquees where amongst the exhibits were a striking exhibit of African violets from Tony Clement 's African Violet Centre , at King 's Lynn ; a magnificent display of prizewinning delphiniums and begonias from Blackmore & Langdon who always win a ‘ Gold ’ at Chelsea ; an exquisite display of orchids from Thailand ; planted containers shown by Mastergardener of Banbury ; a beautiful display of lilies by Jacques Amand of Stanmore ; and a Herb Nursery of two hundred varieties , exhibited by Caroline Holmes Herbs of Denham , in Suffolk . |
| 13 | I got out of the way , on my own . |
| 14 | We got out of the way damn fast . |
| 15 | When a policewoman got out of the vehicle he rammed it and drove straight into a wall which was demolished . |
| 16 | Two uniformed policemen got out of the Panda car and joined their boss . |
| 17 | He got out of the building and into the street as quickly as he could . |
| 18 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 19 | Dalgliesh got out of the Jaguar and tried to extricate him from the pushchair , but the anatomy of the chair momentarily defeated him . |
| 20 | Completed shortly after he got out of the university , Nice Work retreated from academe to the extent of featuring a central character — Vic Wilcox , a dour Midlands MD — who , almost uniquely among his fictional creations , would not have read the novels of David Lodge . |
| 21 | Erika and Karl got out of the warmth of the car into a crystalline coldness , walked up an avenue lined with bare trees and came to an enclosed garden . |
| 22 | The objectives give us a way of er measuring at the end of the course whether the course has achieved for you what you wanted from we 'll come back as I said to those this afternoon and and just review them to see that you got out of the course what you . |
| 23 | We got out of the cul-de-sac ? |
| 24 | The next day , after the thirty-third night spent on the exitless side of a bed that was shoved up against a wall and that also housed a physiotherapist called Daphne , an air hostess called Olga , and Olga 's dopey Teddy bear , I got out of the bottom of the bed unheard and thought , No . |
| 25 | The others got out of the rope , and Slingsby , climbing up as far as possible , stood on a little step just below , with his hands on the platform . |
| 26 | Slowly , almost painfully , she got out of the bed and started to dress . |
| 27 | She sighed and , pushing aside the canopy curtains , got out of the bed and shrugged on a green muslin bathrobe . |
| 28 | Slowly and cautiously , Jack got out of the Glory , leaving the door open behind him . |
| 29 | She got out of the passage , and found herself somewhere she recognised . |
| 30 | Tim got out of the hole . |