Example sentences of "[conj] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | St. Audries actually wrote Bonar Law on the subject & got a reply saying the policy was quite unauthorised . |
| 2 | As you know we went to Denmark & got to know & especially our niece , , again . |
| 3 | ‘ Or got eased out by me , to put it bluntly . |
| 4 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 5 | As a result , the body would not normally receive light during the critical period , but it would do so if the patient stayed awake all night or got up early . |
| 6 | He wondered whether Simon had found his knife or got hold of another one . |
| 7 | I could have navigated to In Salah , regardless of the piste , unless I stepped on a cobra or got my throat cut , but it was no use getting there alone . |
| 8 | All who have kept wild animals as pets or got to know them in the wild have come to realize that they each have their own personality and manner of expression , within the constraints of that species ’ natural instincts . |
| 9 | Few ever recovered their status in society , he said , or got rid of the bad habits they contracted while there . |
| 10 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |
| 11 | I wonder how many of you battled on for much longer than the allocated time or got demoralised and gave up ? |
| 12 | He said the incidents where cars had windows smashed but nothing was taken could have meant the would-be thieves were disturbed or got scared . |
| 13 | The otter either heard me or got my scent , because it suddenly looked up , then stood up and moved out of sight round the other side of the rock . |
| 14 | who was at Cambuslang at that time , commented " He seems hurt at being asked to preach as a candidate and I sympathize with him in this , as I think candidating and preaching contests are the most objectional things conceivable , and also the least satisfactory way possible of getting good ministers as a rule good men who have done their work well will not preach as candidates for myself I never in my life either preached as a candidate , offered for a parish or got a certificate . " |
| 15 | As against this , Pye seems to have worked hard , or got others to do so , in preparing the revenue and expenditure balances and averages of 1635 ( covering the years from 1631 ) and of 1636–9 ; and he appears to have set about the same process for the reconstructed administration of 1641 . |
| 16 | ‘ Apart from the damage it would do to the ground I knew it would have to be ridden every day and then if it bolted or got stuck in the mud it would be my responsibility . ’ |
| 17 | Or got on the same bus . |
| 18 | They plunged into lakes , crashed into busses , flipped over like turtles or got jammed between lampposts . |
| 19 | Most of the gas in that cloud went to form the sun or got blown away , but a small amount of the heavier elements collected together to form the bodies that now orbit the sun as planets like the earth . |
| 20 | I will let you into a secret , I know where they get them from , or got three of them anyway . |
| 21 | He never actually took the stuff or got his hands dirty in any way . ’ |
| 22 | Do n't worry about the cards , I 'll say I lost them or got mugged . |
| 23 | Oh , I suppose I could have written off and got a new length of rubber , or got old Cameron in the ironmonger 's shop to find me something , but it would never feel right again . |
| 24 | I went to the er conference that we had at Stokewatchford , which together with er , John , er my Vice Chairman er on Europe , the other week , and there is so much mythology , er , that has been dispensed by people who are half-hearted towards Europe or got a vested interest in no has not been committed to Europe , and and they use this , and in fact the classic example was , that , one of our own Lincolnshire M P's claimed that he had saved , Lincolnshire 's from the ravages of Europe . |
| 25 | Paige was glad of her strong boots , but she would gladly have thrown her bag away , for it either kept falling off or got caught on stray branches . |
| 26 | When asked by the judge if she ever drank or got aggressive . |
| 27 | It 's high time you either changed your own personal world of beliefs and ethics or got to work on reforming your community or neighbourhood . |
| 28 | I I think the thing is if , if you 'd 've demonstrated that or , or got to the stage of saying well alright , you know , if you 're retiring tomorrow how much money do you need to , to live on |
| 29 | They must be used to that , or got out of practice . |
| 30 | In the event eight did , but , everybody who could n't come phoned up or got somebody to phone |