Example sentences of "[vb past] get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 2 | The jeep was bouncing them about mercilessly as the Brigadier tried to get back to the village in time for the Captain and the Substitute to go back to Florence and eat . |
| 3 | He tried to get back to the drawing room unheard , but she was waiting . |
| 4 | In football , there was an early shock for Liverpool at Anfield as the champions tried to get back to the top of the table with Arsenal playing Leeds United at Highbury tomorrow . |
| 5 | Ever a Walter Mitty character , he tried to get back into the CIA fold , but after the North fiasco they did not want to know him . |
| 6 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 7 | Hayes next hit Roger Ford just above the glove as he tried to get out of the way , and was out lbw ; 384 for 9 . |
| 8 | ‘ You tried to get out of the black hole with an ordinary rocket . |
| 9 | At least my father tried to get out of the trap , but I doubt if Jones has ever struggled , even with his conscience . |
| 10 | After driving to Rolls Wood Group [ Repair & Overhauls ] Ltd , they tried to get out of the car . |
| 11 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 12 | When she tried to get out of the passenger door , he struck her again and called her more names . ’ |
| 13 | As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night . |
| 14 | We 'd got up with the rest at 4.00 am and stumbled , steep-blind on a starry night into stony darkness : another alpine day had started in night . |
| 15 | Then the afternoon , we 'd had lunch anyway I 'd got up out the chair , I was so bloody livid ! |
| 16 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And , just when you 'd got out of the flower , and were feeling really proud of yourself , you 'd look at the new , big , wide endless world around you . |
| 19 | that he 'd got out of the creche I think , cos he had n't got it when he went out . |
| 20 | He 'd got in with the punks and seen immediately what they were doing , what a renaissance this was in music . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd got in amongst the sharks , filming them in a feeding frenzy . ’ |
| 22 | If LEAs take their assigned task seriously , schools may begin to hanker for the days when they were given the tools and told to get on with the job . |
| 23 | Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Cissie hated going to bed , and she hated getting up in the morning , but she thoroughly enjoyed lazing in the bath , and finding every excuse not to say goodnight . |
| 27 | The fighting spirit we showed to get back in the game was encourageing , perhaps Batts should have played from the start . |
| 28 | Slowly , he moved nearer to me , but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground . |
| 29 | Nkrumah decided to get out on the road . |
| 30 | After three years working as a photographer 's assistant , Jason decided to get out of the ‘ rat race ’ and joined ecologically-minded art group Reactivart . |