Example sentences of "got [prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congress , if a few more voters got off their backsides last year and gone out and voted , and voted Labour , there 'd be no need for this motion at all because it 's Labour Party policy anyway . |
| 2 | But there were moments when he got through her barriers , and , although they were rare , this was one of them . |
| 3 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 4 | All she got for her pains was a slight smile but no verbal reply as with efficient ease he filled and switched on a percolator . |
| 5 | This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away . |
| 6 | ‘ I warned yer what would 'appen if yer got into 'er clutches . |
| 7 | When Victoria found the grit from the paths got into her sandals , Richard removed her shoes and socks and shook all the gravel out of them , folding her socks for her to put them on again in the special way that her nanny did . |
| 8 | I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does . |
| 9 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 10 | He noticed that he was being drawn into making the decision by the ‘ we ’ ; and so he said , ‘ Well , speakin' for meself , it would sicken me if I thought the young 'un got into his hands . ’ |
| 11 | Then the sun got into my tears and I could n't see anything , just a blinding coloured rinse . |
| 12 | Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things . |
| 13 | Rainwater swept into the car and got into my eyes . |
| 14 | He was Scotland Yard 's financial wizard before he got into your clutches , and he 's damned good at anything like that . |
| 15 | And knitting needles that to my little fingers were like rolling pins you know and they were long and they got under my arms and I always used to have a tummy ache on knitting day cos I did n't want to go to school . |
| 16 | He did n't score because United 's gallant John Pemberton got under his feet at the critical moments like a wad of chewing gum . |
| 17 | Smoke got in her eyes once before . ’ |
| 18 | The smoke got in their eyes and in their hair , they were impregnated with wood-smoke , while the carcase crackled and browned , and now and then spat into flame . |
| 19 | Then , the blood got in his eyes . |
| 20 | Yeah which is what I got from my doctors actually . |
| 21 | The strongest image I got from his stories and subsequent research was of the oppressive jungle and heat in which the soldiers fought . |
| 22 | Well wh I think all you can say is , you end up with a , with a package of genes which you got from your parents . |
| 23 | Tired , she got to her feet and made to leave . |
| 24 | ‘ please — ’ Miss Harker got to her feet in alarm . |
| 25 | As she got to her feet he looked underneath her , remembering the equipment cows had , and saw that she had a semblance of the same thing , although nothing like so dangly as a cow 's , but quite satisfactorily dripping at that moment with what he supposed was milk . |
| 26 | The big woman got to her feet now and , looking at her eldest son , she said , ‘ I 'm goin' up to get into me things . ’ |
| 27 | And on this she turned away ; and Agnes got to her feet and not until then did she realise how tired and even sick she was feeling . |
| 28 | Scrambling , she got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink . |
| 29 | Her heart dropped like a stone and somehow she got to her feet . |
| 30 | Nell got to her feet and finally found her voice . |