Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the hot tub craze swept through California in the late 1970s middle-aged Wesley Laroya and his wife Helen were quick to get in on the action . |
| 2 | The damp close air was heavy about them , it slowed their pace and they were glad to get back to the steading and watch Sullivan repairing the tractor . |
| 3 | It was Crane 's horse that had bolted but there was no doubt that if they were all to get out of the forest alive Crane would have to be mounted . |
| 4 | All Irish landladies , however pleasant , seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when a visitor left , and they were able to get on with the intense business of family life without interruption . |
| 5 | The townsfolk of Kirkbymoorside realised that while the snow lasted , the farm-wives would be unable to reach the market with their produce so Annie and Elizabeth were secure in the knowledge that whenever they were able to get out of the valley , their customers would be waiting . |
| 6 | An even more tragic fate befell many who , amid the crazed stampede , were able to get out of the fort . |
| 7 | They had issued the caution , now they were anxious to get on with the questioning , and they only had six hours from the time of the caution in which to hold her . |
| 8 | Even though everyone ended up dirty , wet and muddy they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were eager to get on to the next event . |
| 9 | On Sunday we rose early and after a good breakfast were eager to get out on the hills . |
| 10 | In fact , however , the Council 's composition was not random , as two kinds of evidence show : evidence for the high social class of individual members , and evidence that it was possible to get on to the Council in a given year if you wanted to . |
| 11 | It was possible to get on to the roof by the window and climb up the slope to the wall and the projecting archway . |
| 12 | The servants would know whether it was possible to get back down the valley . |
| 13 | Léonie was delighted to get out of the house . |
| 14 | So did I , thought Juliet , and for once she was glad to get back to the ward . |
| 15 | He backed out of Nisodemus 's presence and was glad to get out into the bitingly cold air . |
| 16 | Really I reckon there 's something wrong , convinced of it , oh it runs alright once it 's moving it 's just such an awkward driver that 's all I was glad to get out of the thing I was did knock the bloody er whatsit down , buses knock the er |
| 17 | My eye fell on a page she had left on the kitchen table the other day and I had noted , before I could avert my eyes , a pretty scholarly history of my conversion to double-knotting , after an incident when I was unable to get out of the train at Greenwich one evening and found myself being carried on to Maze Hill , because someone was standing on the trailing lace of my shoe . |
| 18 | Once we got to Heathrow airport I was able to get out of the car and stretch my legs as on travelling down to London I had fallen asleep with my knees on the floor and my head on the seat . |
| 19 | Feeling oddly bereft and desolate , besieged by Dolly 's incessant chatter , Luce was pleased to get back to the hotel . |
| 20 | Philip was thankful to get out of the crowded waiting-room . |
| 21 | He was anxious to get out of the basement and back upstairs . |