Example sentences of "as [pers pn] get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as I get up in the morning . |
| 2 | As I get out of the second tube I see someone has been scratching letters off the sign above the door . |
| 3 | As soon as I get out of the Army . |
| 4 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 5 | I saw him in my office at ten-thirty , as soon as I got back from the P.M. " |
| 6 | As soon as I got out of the house , I was told by our neighbours where my father was hiding , but I realized that if I went to speak to him , some SS soldier might follow me and arrest him . |
| 7 | As I got out of the car he was coming down the steps of Skeldale House and he put a hand on my arm . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ As I got out of the car I could smell the gas . ’ |
| 9 | She was still smiling as she got back into the car and headed for town . |
| 10 | ‘ Where 's Tom ? ’ she noticed her brothers absence as soon as she got back to the house . |
| 11 | She would phone her report to Philpott as soon as she got back to the hotel . |
| 12 | She decided that as soon as she got back to the flat , she 'd call him and apologize . |
| 13 | When asked about this revolt the Prime Minister replied that he ‘ thought speed was important and hoped she would send for Lord Home immediately-as soon as she got back to the Palace ’ . |
| 14 | As she got out of the car and walked towards them , Harriet noted , with dismay , that they both appeared to be drinking gin and tonic . |
| 15 | A street light caught the softness of her hair as she got out of the cab at 14th . |
| 16 | A gasp would go up as she got out of the car , looking very pale and ill . |
| 17 | He rushed up to her as she got out of the Roller , took her right hand and thrust it into his beard . |
| 18 | She smiled slightly as she got out of the coat . |
| 19 | As she got out of the lift on the top floor , Damian Flint came striding along the corridor and they collided . |
| 20 | There was no moon , but a sky sparkling with brilliant stars , and as she got out of the car the sweet , sharp air almost took her breath away . |
| 21 | And as we got up into the classes we also had a woodwork er centre , and metal shop there . |
| 22 | He told me that as we got out of the car , a boy asked , ‘ Who 's the little nigger ? ’ |
| 23 | He just stood there , a moment of shocked surprise as we got out of the Toyota . |
| 24 | And the thing that sounded like a telephone number — I wrote it down as soon as we got out of the attic — " One-x-nine-two-four " … |
| 25 | But it quickly vanished as they got on with the morning 's proceedings . |
| 26 | They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola . |
| 27 | ‘ And now , ’ she said much later , as they got back into the car , ‘ for Lord Byron . |
| 28 | They went outside and as they got back into the Kubelwagen Devlin said , ‘ Crete and the Afrika Korps , I see , and Stalingrad . |
| 29 | And now , as they got back into the car , both men sat in silence as they watched the light switched on in the front bedroom — and then the curtains being drawn across . |
| 30 | As they got out of the car and walked across the yard , their feet scrunching on the stones , Jinny had a queer feeling that they were being watched . |