Example sentences of "we got [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we had to ski down to the next lot of lifts which went even higher and when we had mastered that we got on a chairlift which took us right to the top . |
| 2 | It took some time to get entry , there were delays , long sessions of questioning and trouble with certificates but in the end it was sorted out and we got on a plane in April 1974 . |
| 3 | Er yeah , well you know we were rough because , but I mean if we got into a fight , there we there were no gang warfare . |
| 4 | Sometimes we got into a shoal of them and pulled them in as fast as we could handle the lines ; sometimes we failed to find any . |
| 5 | Well we decided , decided what we w , what the object was , and then , we got into a position that certain cards so , the cards were split between u , the two of us , so we aimed it in different directions . |
| 6 | On the other hand we got into a discussion yesterday as to whether the medical profession is n't devoting too much of its energy just to keeping people alive who really ought to be dead . |
| 7 | But we got into a train there and went to , to Crewe I think it was . |
| 8 | We got into a partnership with them to develop a small engine a couple of years ago , for their application . |
| 9 | ‘ At the end of High School I got together with a drummer , who is still one of my best friends , and over the summer of ‘ 67 we got into a group situation . |
| 10 | It was about then [ three years ago ] that I started going with some of my mates like Kevin(10) and Eddie(6) … and Eddie and me we got into a lot of fights and that … and the fucking coppers — they always grab either him or me when there 's any bother or that . |
| 11 | But insisted that we got into a rowing boat instead , so we did , and after failures to dissuade us , we were promptly joined by three park-keepers who sat in the boat and insisted on ‘ helping ’ us to row ! |
| 12 | Most of us used the computer ; we got to a point where you had to book your time . |
| 13 | and er we got to a car jack that was going over to somewhere where this flame would be you know and a bloke , a policeman 's coming back , where you going Ken ? |
| 14 | From there we went in a funny little train with open trucks which fascinated Tim , until we got to a railway junction where we had to wait on the station for some hours for another train to take us to Calcutta . |
| 15 | We got through a bag in about fivepence so it 's not bad . |