Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to get [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah she said Aunt Jean tried to get me to work , but no ! |
| 2 | Friend tried to get her to open up , but she would not . |
| 3 | I had an accident quite close to the gates and Jorge came to get me and helped me back . |
| 4 | Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too . |
| 5 | I think Mr. Mendez wanted to get him on his way before he had time to change his mind ; before he spent another night staring at the ceiling and counting all the reasons why he should n't go to Contention . |
| 6 | Piper fought to get her breathing under control . |
| 7 | See M er Martin tried to get it used as people use it for meeting rooms and things but er you see you ca n't park either can you ? |
| 8 | Lee tried to get it back off him . |
| 9 | Carrington managed to get him to one side long enough to ask him what the airman had said . |
| 10 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 11 | Philip had to get them back . |
| 12 | At the next opportunity we were on our way to the Station Bomb Dump in the truck which J. had to get him around camp . |
| 13 | ‘ Ron Paget tried to get us to build on the Britches again . ’ |
| 14 | Before he went , Connors promised to get me a rundown on the police activity in the Fourth Precinct following the incident at the back of the Regal Arms . |
| 15 | Sooner or later Hereford had to get it right … and everything came good at scunthorpe … striker Chris Pike charged through to give his team the lead after only two minutes … great goal … his third in just two games … |
| 16 | You should have seen the contract Lexington tried to get him to sign . ’ |
| 17 | " It 's not just the horses , " Aunt Tossie longed to get it all over with . |
| 18 | While Mrs Mann went to get him , Mr Bumble finished the rest of his gin . |