Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] he [verb] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 2 | I love the Christmas services , but I did n't argue with him because I know he means to get rid of me one way or another . |
| 3 | Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go . |
| 4 | I knew he wanted to get out , but your father always managed to persuade him to do just one more race . |
| 5 | I bet he had to get it from out the back did he ? |
| 6 | I think he wanted to get Rebus closer , for he was his primary target . |
| 7 | I think he wants to get his confidence back . |
| 8 | You know he intended to get married ? ’ |
| 9 | anyway he walked , he was only away about twenty minutes you know he wanted to get the car and for me to drive I thought well er |
| 10 | He desperately needed a drink but he knew he had to get through the next little while — ten minutes , half an hour , an hour — completely sober . |
| 11 | He knew he had to get things done before it was too late . |
| 12 | And he knew he had to get rid of her . |
| 13 | Whatever it was , he felt he had to get rid of them . ’ |
| 14 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 15 | and he 's carrying his briefcase and he decides he wants to get a paper right and he 's absolutely massive |
| 16 | He does n't get much time for reflection , and when he does he tends to get depressed . |
| 17 | He said he hoped to get the boat back for Cowes Week . |
| 18 | Michael Gough , my editor , works for me in New York and he said he went to get a key to get back in after they had closed and they said why and he said because I think that I will be back later than your gate is locked . |
| 19 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |