Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] [adv] get " in BNC.

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1 Oh to get your bargains oh yes they would n't , there were n't really good fridges in those days , there was co col cold rooms but erm they would be glad to get rid of the meat that they 'd already got cut up you see , and the barker , they used to call them the barkers , standing outside you see and get your fresh meat and so on , so on , so on , so you know and er to get the custom in you see , oh there was real competition between the barkers and there were barkers standing in road .
2 They would have planned to have won only about half the amount of possession that they did actually get and still hoped to have been in front .
3 They were meant to be looking after this lad and they had clearly got a duty to do so . ’
4 It 's just slightly off er , the track at the moment , if you were writing a living assurance plan for someone , and they 'd already got a Covermaster plan ,
5 And they 'd still got a majority of ten percent , you see the fifteen percent went as well , you see ?
6 Er they supported me and canvassed for me when I was putting up , but I ca n't see them going , whereas I can remember the erm the when I was a child going to the , we used to have a fete and it was a politically , I ca n't remember exactly what it would be called , but I know mother and the Guild were always there making the tea and got a stall and they were always in the forefront and they 'd always got their rosettes on .
7 They 'd broken in and they 'd better get out .
8 The responsibility will now be theirs and they 'd better get on with it and better show things that they 've been arguing and get along .
9 No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years .
10 I realized he could not catch them , because they had nearly got to the ship , but I did not wait to see the end of that adventure .
11 Maggie knew that many of her school-friends admired Phoebe ; they thought she was rather splendid , especially since they had all got into ecology , but this did not help Maggie .
12 I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here .
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