Example sentences of "got [adv prt] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 .
2 Charles got in and slammed the door .
3 He got in and pressed the button for the first floor .
4 ‘ I came to tell you something , but no one was here so I got in and took a look . ’
5 He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems .
6 She got in and held the door-open button .
7 He got through and completed the event in a very respectable three hours 57 minutes .
8 He got up and put the light on , shivering .
9 Sikes got up and locked the door .
10 Billy looked gloomy and his friend got up and collected the empty mugs .
11 Rachaela got up and fed the baby .
12 Pascoe got up and checked the lock on the door .
13 She got up and checked the wardrobes , and her bemusement became sheer bewilderment .
14 We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so .
15 In these scenes an unknown actress , impersonating Harlow 's voice , speaks the lines with her back to the camera or with her face hidden by a wide-brimmed hat ; at the sight of this , Boy simply got up and left the living room , left the end of the film unwatched and just sat in the kitchen with a pot of tea .
16 Nonetheless , he and the broth ate their pudding and then , pushing their chairs back , got up and left the two youngest to do the dishes .
17 Edward appeared to think hard for a few moments and then got up and left the room abruptly .
18 ‘ I 'm going outside for a fag , ’ said the purple girl , She got up and left the hall .
19 Then , gulping down the remains of his cup of tea , he got up and left the table .
20 Without prolonging the agony for them both any longer she got up and left the room .
21 She got up and left the room .
22 But on Thursday night she sat in her chair , the pain-lines deep in her face , and presently Ruth got up and filled the kettle .
23 I got up and sprinted the 150 yards or so .
24 She got up and made a cup of tea , sitting by her bed to drink it , her face pale and set .
25 As the fire burnt down , the duergar got up and took a log lying to the right of the fire and placed it amongst the embers .
26 I got up and took the pudding plates into the kitchen .
27 Then I got up and took the two rugs by their corners and dragged them outside the door .
28 sat around a little bit , got up and had a walk , find a
29 At the hearing Randolph 's counsel , Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall QC ( a well-known right-wing lawyer , who also acted for the defendants in the Spectator libel case ) , got up and delivered a long and passionate address about the iniquity of what had happened .
30 Fosdyke got up and cleared the pudding plates , stacking them also on top of the video .
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