Example sentences of "time get " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rang the Wallis 's number twice more during a period of five days and each time got the answerphone . |
| 2 | She therefore advertised the garage as being for rent , and at the same time got herself a job as a secretary to an insurance broker , to fill in the time until Peter should be at home permanently or a family should arrive . |
| 3 | Re-introduced , the Bill this time got its second reading in the Lords . |
| 4 | Erm , I went on a diet last year , to one of these clubs and , within record time got to the weight I was supposed to be , calorie counting and then I had to come off and I found for weeks after feelings of terrible guilt if I ate |
| 5 | And then if you 've done that by next time got all them all written down and you 're quite happy and you want to go on and do some more try it with sixty pennies . |
| 6 | Years later during the war when I went to Central Flying School to get an instructors rating , he once more instructed me and this time got another gong — Air Force Cross — for conduct far and beyond the call of duty , trying a second time to teach me to fly ( or so my mentors claim ) . |
| 7 | The province was shocked by the sickening details of the crime and one of the biggest murder hunts of all time got underway . |
| 8 | the time got up |
| 9 | As time ran out , Martin Cool right on the stroke of full time got in a great volley , it was well held by Ken Vasey . |
| 10 | In the late 19th century both were seized by a modernising nationalism , which in time got out of hand , producing belligerent fascism . |
| 11 | And it is wise to spend time getting it smooth and level so that all the bolt holes in a prefabricated building line up correctly . |
| 12 | We have wasted all this time getting here . |
| 13 | ‘ Playing at the end of the field , being in contention , keeping myself relaxed but at the same time getting the adrenalin running , ’ explained Faldo . |
| 14 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 15 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 17 | But Dehlavi takes his time getting up steam , leaving a good 20 minutes of surplus slack in these two hours . |
| 18 | Mr Lawrence adds that he had no industry network and little background experience on which to base decisions , so he spends a lot of time getting to know people in the industry . |
| 19 | All the time getting worse . |
| 20 | After six months Pop was asked to return to Simla to help the Burma Governor , Dorman-Smith , as Director of Public Relations , and to help the Administration and the Army who were by this time getting ready to go back into Burma . |
| 21 | Once on the island he lost no time getting to the prison , and within the hour was waiting in the ante-chamber to an interview room , listening to the distant , hollow sound of metal ringing on metal , and footsteps echoing morbidly as men exercised and moved about their token business . |
| 22 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 23 | I learned from him that you could just go out , and have a really good time getting out of it . |
| 24 | We are , therefore , going to spend some time getting to know the real you . |
| 25 | I was on watch at the time getting colder and colder and wetter and wetter . |
| 26 | ‘ He took his time getting here , too , if he was informed on Monday . |
| 27 | Spend time getting the first layer dead true . |
| 28 | Mr Antonis is having a hard time getting his message of openness across to all the citizens of Antwerp . |
| 29 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 30 | ‘ Because of all the waiting for the team to happen , we lost a lot of time getting ready for the new season . |