Example sentences of "[conj] get [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a familiar sight to see her running up and down the side line refereeing , or getting out her bike to cycle out to the reserve to organise Guides . |
| 2 | That can remember the dust and grit of ‘ em , that got down your neck |
| 3 | If you tell them that to get exactly what they need it 's going to cost them thirty pounds a month , and is n't it a brilliant contract , they 'll probably have that . |
| 4 | That at least had a light showing and at first I thought the rest of the building was in total darkness , but as I crunched gravel and got closer I could see they used extra thick curtains , maybe left-overs from the Blackout . |
| 5 | The rider saw Leithen and got off his bike . |
| 6 | Left to herself she unpacked her sandwiches and got out her writing things . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said guardedly , put Harley 's bag down , and got out his driver . |
| 8 | The friar shrugged and got out his writing tray , parchment , ink horn and quills . |
| 9 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |
| 10 | I was saying Danny the other day do you remember the time he came and got out his in there ? |
| 11 | I would have understand if he 'd dived and got out their way and the wind just blew it the other end . |
| 12 | This can be difficult initially for parents when they are not used to doing it , but after a little practice and getting over their embarrassment it starts to flow more easily . |
| 13 | One possibility is to go to bed one to two hours later than normal each night and get up one to two hours later each morning . |
| 14 | a celestial policeman ; 2. an absentee landlord ; 3. a magician ; 4. a being greater than anything we can possibly think of ; 5. an old man on a cloud ; 6. light which gives life ; 7. the conclusion of a mathematical theorem ; 8. the chairman of a rather boring harp-playing assembly ; 9. a presence who is loving and just ; 10. a crutch for people who ca n't cope ; 11. an all-powerful dictator ; 12. a character in a fairy-story ; 13. a power that is either evil or indifferent to suffering ; 14. a heavenly Santa Claus ; 15. a king who is just and holy ; 16. electricity which is invisible and powerful , useful but dangerous ; 17. a slot-machine whom you can approach with a coin and get out what you want ; 18. the ground without which nothing in this world could exist . |
| 15 | If that does n't work , you can always sell the record at gigs and get back your investment that way . |
| 16 | You rest easy , and get back your strength . ’ |
| 17 | She said I want to go to Minehead now , what she said it 's only just up there , yeah I know but I 've , I 've bloody got to climb down there and bloody try and get back she says , er |
| 18 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 19 | Mel toddles up to a driver of a white Fiesta and gets out his wiper . |
| 20 | But this was dreadful , threatening to cover everything and to get inside it too . |
| 21 | I spent a week at Saintes-Maries , and to get there I drove in a diligence across the Camargue with its vineyards , moors , and flat fields like Holland . |
| 22 | There is always a great temptation erm to say ‘ well the City centre is such a complicated area , we should try and get absolutely everything right before we move forward ’ and that I think is a recipe for endless delay , because it 's so complicated , it 's really difficult to get everything right . |
| 23 | I would like the boys to go and get out their topic folders and colour the map that shows all the things that the Romans are hoping to find in Great Britain . |
| 24 | by the time she comes , because to get there she 's got ta come , so that , she can get me there |