Example sentences of "and get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money . |
| 32 | I did not expect to survive but miraculously I escaped and got out of the country . |
| 33 | She grinned and got out of the car . |
| 34 | He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car . |
| 35 | ‘ Deal , ’ Graham replied and got out of the car . |
| 36 | Whitlock removed the keys from the ignition and got out of the car . |
| 37 | She kissed her father and got out of the car . |
| 38 | Kiah opened the door and got out of the taxi . |
| 39 | Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair . |
| 40 | I 'll see you home , ’ he said shortly and got out of the car , striding round to lift her down . |
| 41 | When the explosions eased off a bit , I bade farewell to Pat and got out of the big house as quickly as possible . |
| 42 | I was taking out my fury on a bit of practical work last Saturday — painting the front gate posts — and he stopped , and got out of the car and introduced himself . |
| 43 | The first two weekends of the 1977 season were for Mario anyway marred by accidents : in Argentina the nose-mounted fire extinguisher exploded , and in Brazil he found himself sitting in a pool of petrol and got out of the car while it was still moving just as his cockpit went up in flames . |
| 44 | Dad was not prepared to stand any more and got out of the chair into which he had just flopped . |
| 45 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 46 | They had doubled back and got out of the single-leaf door of the car . |
| 47 | Susan had her chauffeur draw into a space beside City Hall marked RESERVED , and got out of the car . |
| 48 | One passenger decided that the driver was drunk and got out of the car . |
| 49 | The times of retiring and getting up on the next morning were noted on the diary sheet and marked electronically by pushing the appropriate buttons on the recording unit . |
| 50 | For he just pushed his plate aside , wiped his mouth on the back of his hand , and getting up from the table once again went out of the house without saying a word . |
| 51 | He even put the woman 's view to a certain extent : ‘ Miriam knew that their marriage was dead , but took comfort in the old rituals of going to bed together and getting up in the morning . ’ |
| 52 | The solution is not to stop training , racing and getting up in the morning , but to make a few subtle adaptations , like allowing ourselves rest days we should have given ourselves years ago . |
| 53 | but he , he 's at that age now where I could have another kid and look after it quite easily if I had one , but I do n't wan na go through , not the pregnancy , but I do n't want to go through all the babies and getting up in the night and , one that 'll come out six months old |
| 54 | And if it was important , to us and the country , why in the world were n't we snuffing out all those niggling grievances and getting on with the job of winning ? |
| 55 | ‘ There they are , innocent , uncomplicated and trusting , accepting the world for what it is and getting on with the business of enjoying it . |
| 56 | Here it was : and starting here he was both fucking and getting back into the tree . |
| 57 | ‘ We shall be rolling up our sleeves and getting out into the communities . |
| 58 | I 'll bet , ’ he added , ‘ that for all your years of book-learning you know nothing about strapping on a pair of waders and getting out into the stream , feeling the water swirl around you — or how to bait a hook — ’ He pulled a small plastic box towards him . |
| 59 | The most dangerous moment of a policeman 's life is the time between getting his coat on and getting out of the station . |
| 60 | Erm , what , the nice shot is to get back up to , there and get over to the yellow . |