Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] got it " in BNC.

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1 , see I 've got it .
2 You see I 've got it down again , I ca n't get it up
3 I 'd slave my guts out on a case and think I 'd got it settled and a week later the woman would turn up in my office with the same dreary tale .
4 " I did n't even tell John I 'd got it . "
5 Well I did n't know I 'd got it .
6 When I heard I 'd got it , I was stunned — I did n't think I 'd got it .
7 When I heard I 'd got it , I was stunned — I did n't think I 'd got it .
8 well yes , yes I wondered whether I 'd got it right you know , it sounded just a silly thing to ask and erm and I erm had to consider that probably asked whether I had erm made a mistake in my shorthand before , before I actually typed it but erm , anyway they seemed erm reasonably satisfied and everybody was very kindly and erm considerate and
9 Well anyway , I do n't know what was true or not or what what was right , but I thought I 'd got it through seniority and we 'll leave it at that .
10 You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference .
11 I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying !
12 You asked if I 'd got it that 's how I got it , knew what it was
13 I had it for about two weeks before I told him I 'd got it !
14 How could I have got it so wrong when it mattered so much ?
15 I still was n't quite sure if I had got it quite right .
16 But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes .
17 Now that I had got it out I leaned back in my tubular steel chair with just the suggestion of a smirk on my face .
18 Dick told me I had got it all wrong .
19 Then , after about three months , I had got it all out of my system I suppose , and I actually turned down an invitation to a party in favour of staying in and washing some clothes !
20 I thought at half time I had got it exactly right .
21 I think I 've got it .
22 I 've got it . ’
23 Ah , I 've got it — treble barrelled — Lady Smith-Faines-Robinson .
24 I 've got it rigged so no one can find it but me , as I do n't want people being able to walk in here after dark and turn the lights on .
25 I 've got it all worked out . ’
26 Now I 'm standing here in this thing and I do n't even know if I 've got it on back to front or not . ’
27 I 've got it here in my bag . ’
28 The two sets of metaphors have persisted side by side , not only in the West since the ancient Greeks , but in other civilizations as well ( Chinese ming ‘ bright ’ is the ordinary word for the enlightenment of the sage , which is often compared to a mirror reflecting things exactly as they are , while te ‘ get ’ is used of insight ; ‘ I 've got it ! ’ says the disciple to his master as he catches on to the Tao ) .
29 Ah , thought Forest , I 've got it at last !
30 ‘ I hope I 've got it right' — Scudamore
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