Example sentences of "to get [adv prt] [conj] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever the horses were changed on the journey , I wondered with an aching heart whether to get down and go back to say goodbye properly . |
| 2 | High gates and fences at the back of your home will make it difficult for a burglar to get in and slip away unnoticed . |
| 3 | Or do you expect the poor beast to get off and skip round on its own for you ? ’ |
| 4 | She wanted to get up and walk away , out of the French doors and over the lawn and behind the hedge , away where she could not be seen . |
| 5 | Well I , I got to get up and walk over and find it . |
| 6 | If you have , you will know how weak your muscles were when first you tried to get up and walk again . |
| 7 | Once more , the familiar is comfortable and supportive , but do n't neglect to get up and walk around the building — or better still , around the block — from time to time , to stimulate the supply of oxygen to the brain . |
| 8 | That 's it well tha there 's Peggy says I said oh well I 'm a bit erm worried about taking them and I said they have been known to get up and walk out , and said , surely not ! |
| 9 | And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much . |
| 10 | I 'd sat on my palliasse writing notes , watching Selma plait her hair , trying to decide when to get up and walk down the inlet far enough to be out of sight in order to go to the loo . |
| 11 | Eva observed : " No matter how devastated people can be there 's a tremendous resilience in the human being that allows him to get up and start again . |
| 12 | He had led an exciting life in boxing circles before he went away to the war and he did not consider himself to lack nerve , but the plan the little shifty-eyed character was setting out made Billy want to get up and leave right away . |
| 13 | There was no need for me to get up and prowl around while the rest of the family was sleeping because I could read all night , if I wanted to , and if I did n't get up until the middle of the day , no one seemed to mind very much . |
| 14 | I feel as if I 'll die if I stay where I am but I 'm scared to get up and go somewhere else . |
| 15 | To get up and go again , I think he sort of , I thought he was just gon na lay there . |
| 16 | This is probably the most frequently heard sound experienced by people who are new to badger watching and if you do hear it , it is probably time quietly to get up and go home . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll be able to get up and go out tomorrow . ’ |
| 18 | It is quite all right for you to get up and go along to the bathroom , but you should put on your stockings and your knickers . |
| 19 | Yeah , all I 've got to do then is send , send it in and I 'll phone them and say well can I cash it up and still on the club and they 'll say yes but I 'll have to get up and get round there tomorrow then |
| 20 | He 's going to get up and march out . |
| 21 | will they want to get up and join in ? |
| 22 | At break I was on duty in the corridor telling people to get out and go around to the canteen not through the school . |
| 23 | In the gloom I felt I was in some kind of an enclosure and told the rear gunner to get out and find out where we were . |
| 24 | Mrs Aggie , I do n't want to go to a school where I wo n't be able to get out and come home . |
| 25 | Not being able to get about and walk outside ’ |
| 26 | When we found out you 'd pulled a fast one , the Old Man said I was to get round and find out if you were all right . |