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 |