Example sentences of "and he [verb] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the end when he went back she was asleep , and he did n't wake her because there were few enough hours before dawn , and he had to get through a day — a series of days — that would put to the test the most dangerous set of manoeuvres he had ever conducted . |
| 2 | But he was the first step on the path to those persons and he had to get this right ! |
| 3 | That was £45,000 over the odds , even for a brand-new model — and he had to get a secondhand one because back in 1989 the prestige-car market was still booming and the limited supply of Lamborghinis imported from Italy had already been snapped up . |
| 4 | Wycliffe was alone and he had to get out of the car to rouse a sleeping dog in the roadway . |
| 5 | By the time Owen arrived the crowd was sixty deep and he had to get his constables to clear a way through . |
| 6 | Third did he ? the first which was the Sunday and he had to get it ready because they were coming in on the Tuesday , on the third . |
| 7 | And this man came to the door , and he went to get the hold belt , that should just have a tape recorder on conversation just throughout the week so it 's getting all sorts of rubbish going in there , |
| 8 | and he managed to get a ticket for a week |
| 9 | but he worked through and he managed to get out that it said appreciation |
| 10 | Paul ‘ popped round ’ for tea more frequently than was decent for a visiting lecturer , and he seemed to get on very well with everyone . |
| 11 | And he seemed to get closer to these seamen because of that . |
| 12 | That 's cos his , when he runs and he tries to get his ball |
| 13 | He was concerned that Clift 's continuing sessions with Silverberg were making him worse , and he tried to get Silverberg to commit Clift to Silver Hill Sanatorium for a hopeful cure . |
| 14 | He puzzled over the dates on the backs of photographs , most of which seemed to have been taken in May , and he tried to get from his aunts the precise age gap between his parents and between his mother and Uncle Stanley . |
| 15 | He knew , and he tried to get out of Poland . ’ |
| 16 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 17 | and he wants to get it for his disability project to see if he can get |
| 18 | frustrated and he wants to get out . |
| 19 | The river again , the far bank was nearer but here was a black smooth stretch , he half knew that he was dreaming , he wanted to stop the dream and he wanted to get across , if only he could raise his mouth and nostrils above the swell of the water … |
| 20 | ‘ It was a commonsense scheme and he wanted to get out : it was bound to work . ’ |
| 21 | By 1972 , he needed a fresh injection of capital and he wanted to get into FI . |
| 22 | Not good form to leave Erlich alone in his office , but his safe was locked , and the drawers of his desk were locked , and he wanted to get to Accounts before they closed , to draw a float before setting off . |
| 23 | ‘ No matter what the fans and the media may think about him , I regard Taylor as a true professional and he has to get his priorities right . |
| 24 | and he has to get , like Woking to Surbiton Surbiton to Clapham Junction |
| 25 | Cos I thought that was a with a utmost difficulty and he has to get his little daughter on Sunday to help him to clean the place . |