Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , Skipper was not impressed with my suggesting that he should stand still while I got on and wait until I asked before moving off . |
| 2 | He just got on and obeyed . |
| 3 | There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 . |
| 4 | Then I got on and saw all those people and thought ‘ Hold on , they 're just folk ’ , and I had a really good sing-song . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’ |
| 6 | I got on and did my job , ’ he said . |
| 7 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |
| 8 | She just got on and did it . |
| 9 | Here a young couple got on and tried to find a couple of seats which were situated together preferably away from everyone else . |
| 10 | Thereafter , the specimens were carefully opened along the greater curvature , laid on and pinned out on a flat surface . |
| 11 | Brian made on and put on . |
| 12 | Productive activity was carried out by peasants , who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords . |
| 13 | As we rode on and emerged into open country a mist was hanging some feet above the ground , as if suspended by a conjuror . |
| 14 | Using sleeve fabric and velvet she made cuffs , which she stitched on and fastened with buttons . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you all right , my darling ? ’ and then , almost surprising herself , she passed on and kissed Phoebe too . |
| 16 | He passed on and knocked at Himmler 's door . |
| 17 | Usually they hopped on and pumped away and suddenly it was over . |
| 18 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 19 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 20 | They got down and looked at him . |
| 21 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 22 | The horse came to a stop before the porch , and the old servant got down and lugged her portmanteau out of the boot . |
| 23 | Dickinson got down and held back the prickly branches while Killion blundered out , his lips triphammering away at the opening consonants of all the swear-words he knew . |
| 24 | Somewhere in the period between the time that early man first made for himself a ‘ god ’ , and the time when evidence of ‘ god ’ worship was left for later generations to find , the use of ‘ gods ’ for purposes which were largely intended to create unfair privileges , and were therefore a source of evil , gradually crept in and became a widespread part of the social scene . |
| 25 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 26 | Owner Louie Lalonde will tell you how Bill broke his own rule by sitting with his back to the door the night Jack ‘ Broken Nose ‘ McCall crept in and shot him . |
| 27 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 28 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 29 | Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor . |
| 30 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |