Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] to get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one good thing was that I began to get on much better with my children . |
| 2 | ‘ I felt that I began to get very complacent in my guitar playing and that 's why we asked Craig to leave . |
| 3 | There is so much energy and life in this recording , so much infectious enthusiasm , that I had to get up and do something . |
| 4 | An anonymous teacher writing in Time Out said : ‘ I decided that I had to get out of teaching when , walking down the corridor , I heard myself screaming ‘ Tie ! ’ ’ at some kid I did n't even know . |
| 5 | It was a lovely shop , bought it up here up But , me brother left the brew left the pub and er it meant that I had to get out you know . |
| 6 | The fact that I tried to get away from you — presented you with an unaccustomed challenge ? ’ |
| 7 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 8 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
| 9 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 10 | They 're closing , so I got to get out . |
| 11 | I du n no , I 'd quite like to stay watching the ducks , cos they 're pretty interesting , but I 'm too blummin cold for that and I got to get back home . |
| 12 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 13 | But he admitted : ‘ I could n't stay with his pace and I had to get away and look after myself . ’ |
| 14 | P. A. I got called as a witness in a motoring case , and it came up when I was on nights and I had to get up and call in the solicitor . |
| 15 | I was attacked too , and I had to get up next morning and tell my daughter , she did n't have a daddy any more . |
| 16 | I used to try and not say er , you know , to make her feel uncomfortable and that sort of thing , but I did use to draw the line when they used to be eleven and half past eleven saying goodnight and I had to get up at half past , six o'clock , seven o'clock |
| 17 | So I went to bed and I had to get up and get dressed and go and pick him up |
| 18 | I had information he was going protectionist and I had to get in quick . |
| 19 | Daisy was about to say ‘ by women ’ , but hastily changed it to ‘ by members of the congregation as I was leaving , and I had to get back for Ethel 's heart . ’ |
| 20 | By the time we eventually turned to starboard and headed off towards the UK I was most anxious to get home : I was to be the best man at a wedding that day , and I had to get back before high noon , When the dawn really appeared we were lying very sedately over ( and we were not aware of it at the time ) Belgium . |
| 21 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 22 | I went off the second board and I had to get out cos I felt sick . |
| 23 | Most of my revision in my first and second years was done the night before and I managed to get through but a lot of friends who did the same did n't . |
| 24 | ‘ After about 45 seconds it stopped and I managed to get out . |
| 25 | I was brought up before the era of sex education and I managed to get by . |
| 26 | Each day they grew in number and I began to get really worried , wondering if , while in Greece , I had caught a contagious disease . |
| 27 | So this person thought he was terribly towards the electricity board , and I needed to get through in an emergency , and you ca n't . |
| 28 | At eight I had my first migraine ( I could not please her , I might as well join her ; they stopped soon after I left home ) , and I started to get rapidly and relentlessly short-sighted . |
| 29 | I cursed and blinded and I swore to get even … ’ |
| 30 | I knew the first time was seldom ideal and I wanted to get past it to the second and third times , and all the times after that , when our love could go forward and mature and develop . |