Example sentences of "[verb] get him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albert has scorned a stammer that he will tell you has got him into trouble on more than one occasion on the golf course ; and he emerged from brother Alfie 's shadow to partner his own Open champion — a player who at one time was reputed to throw a 5-iron almost as long as he could hit it , and who , it was told , sometimes sacked two caddies a week — to the prized claret jug . |
| 2 | And Sister Souljah has got him worried . |
| 3 | ‘ As time has gone on , the whole thing has got him more and more down , so this is a great relief and a huge weight off his shoulders . |
| 4 | Maybe the Spiderglass network has got him ? |
| 5 | Howard has got him beautifully . |
| 6 | Or no , do n't tell me , ’ she denied with a scowl every bit as horrible as her son 's , ‘ he 's adopted another blasted lame duck and has got him living here with him ! |
| 7 | Wharton , right , says his new hobby , golf , has got him in par-fect shape to slug O'Toole — now known as Fidel Castro — and grab title glory at Elland Road later this month . |
| 8 | Goulding has a wild streak in him which has got him sent off twice and sin-binned four times . |
| 9 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 10 | Unless — nightmare ! — Wilko has got him to sign so 's he can sell at a higher price to Blackburn … : - ( |
| 11 | Alan is just 26 and it 's probably purely that which has got him my vote . |
| 12 | ‘ How did that kind of line get him on to the insulin project ? ’ |
| 13 | I tried getting him slimmer once as I thought it might help him to jump even better , but it did n't suit him . |
| 14 | One day last week we 'ad to get us own lunch , me young See-all-hear-all-say-nowt upstairs , and then I had to bellow to get him down t'elp or I 'd 'ave been stuck 'ere in this chair wi'out a sup or bite from dawn to dusk and beyond . |
| 15 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 16 | It led to a major fracas , in which some tried to get him ‘ unelected ’ , but failed . |
| 17 | St Chad 's College in Durham , which was then a theological college , tried to get him as its Principal . |
| 18 | Limeking went down as if shot , and his rider Pat Buckley desperately tried to get him to his feet as the horse , flanks heaving , lay in a mess of thorn and fir and mud . |
| 19 | His student visa is only valid as long as he 's enrolled at a school , so we went to Clive and tried to get him expelled . |
| 20 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 21 | Dorothy Mitchum , his wife since 1940 , tried to get him to move away from the West Coast after eight years of marriage , but he did n't want to leave so she and the children left him to go and live in New York . |
| 22 | In 1984 his friend of many years , Liz Taylor , tried to get him back in front of the cameras and to conquer his alcoholism . |
| 23 | Roberts moved along the 6ins ledge to the corner and said he would jump if anyone tried to get him back inside . |
| 24 | She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first . |
| 25 | ‘ I tried to get him to come to London , ’ said Hardy , ‘ but he would n't . |
| 26 | Well anyway , whatever I I tried to get him to erm , cos I 've written again to the newspaper , I 've tried to get him to confess that , that the unions are the biggest because erm , even then I said to tell him well supposing that we could get , I said , erm you know the money to support you , I said just supposingly I said would be private vet , and he said what you dare say they would have to have there . |
| 27 | They tried to get him to discuss his own work , but he would n't . |
| 28 | I even tried to get him to go to the studio . |
| 29 | I tried to get him to return my smile , to confess that he had been pulling my leg ; but his brooding face was drained of humour . |
| 30 | You should have seen the contract Lexington tried to get him to sign . ’ |