Example sentences of "i [vb past] get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and |
| 2 | Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and |
| 3 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 4 | Then the afternoon , we 'd had lunch anyway I 'd got up out the chair , I was so bloody livid ! |
| 5 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 6 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd got in amongst the sharks , filming them in a feeding frenzy . ’ |
| 8 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 9 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 10 | Finally I managed to get out of the harness and , luckily for me , the parachute that was dragging me along got tangled in a camel thorn bush . |
| 11 | Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him . |
| 12 | I 've got catarrh , in fact I had to get up in the night and put some there |
| 13 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 14 | Did not get the job — dear , former [ xx ] Manager , drove me up there ( 6 miles north of Perth ) and then on to Dunkeld where he insisted on giving me lunch — he had originally thought of taking me to Gleneagles , but I had to get back to the outplacement people — and did so , only to find ‘ my ’ counsellor had , for the third time , failed to keep an appointment with me . |
| 15 | In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van . |
| 16 | I had to get out of the business . |
| 17 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 18 | Tracey Anne McLaughlan told Sheriff David Smith : ‘ He said I had to get out of the house , that Mr Kelbie was riddled with AIDS . |
| 19 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 20 | I wanted a second mate 's ticket ; I wanted to get on to the bridge and do things . |
| 21 | I was frightened by the helpless , shaking anger that had hold of me ; I wanted to get out of the room . |
| 22 | ‘ But I wanted to get out into the commercial world . |