Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [subord] [pron] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going to garden for some active therapy but when I got there I thought better of it . |
| 2 | They stand outside , fidgeting and fighting but once they get it they 're okay . |
| 3 | They stand outside , fidgeting and fighting but once they get it they 're okay . |
| 4 | I hit the ball great on the range but when I get on the course it all goes wrong . |
| 5 | ‘ I loved dancing but as I got older I loved teaching the little ones more , ’ says Susan , a nursery nurse at Kenton Bar Primary School in Newcastle . |
| 6 | Grandfather 's principal interest was to hear the one who played the piano but when he got there he was rather taken up with the violinist . |
| 7 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 8 | I thought she was a friend but when I got here she had changed . |
| 9 | It 's bad enough for a young person going into hospital for an operation but when you get to her age you deserve a bit more care . |
| 10 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
| 11 | She 's probably saying oh this is so boring this conversation but when she gets to our age that 'll be the same . |