Example sentences of "that he [vb past] get [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all — had n't one of the things that had made it so difficult to get over Tony been the fact that he 'd got off scot-free ? |
| 2 | He also had another er , what we call a journey waybill and that , he used to record on there at each termini he used to record the time and the ticket numbers that he 'd got in his rack at that particular time , so it could be seen between certain times that a ticket perhaps was sold between Witton and Rushmere Heath . |
| 3 | The truth was , he thought ironically , that he had got to the age when it was too late to have splendid dreams and nice thoughts about himself ; the age when childless people feel the lack of children . |
| 4 | Fran had read all she could about Luke Calder before the interview and knew that he came from the poorest part of Glasgow and that he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work and determination , but , looking at him now , she found it hard to imagine that he had come from anything but a moneyed background . |
| 5 | He got up out of bed and then I was thinking then he had a sneaky feeling that he tried to get out the door . |
| 6 | Zantford Granny Granville was a motor mechanic who decided that he wanted to get into aviation , so offered to work as a mechanic at East Boston Airport in exchange for flying lessons . |