Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to 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 | If it is , it none the less dates back explicitly to 1961 when he played Littlechap , the Everyman figure who makes it big , in Stop The World — I Want To Get Off at the Queen 's . |
| 5 | I love rap but in the future I want to get back to the funk . |
| 6 | Stich said later : ‘ I want to get back to the world top 10 — that 's my goal . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Thanks anyway but I want to get back to the hotel and soak my shoulder in a hot bath . |
| 8 | Unless there are any snags , I want to get back to the workshop . |
| 9 | I want to get back to the farm . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to get back to the office . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The afternoon er I like to get up in the morning I like to talk and sing be happy ! |
| 13 | I like to get out on the road when I can or go to the studio . |
| 14 | ‘ I like to get down to the sea and talk to the waves , ’ one housewife said to another , on the bus . |
| 15 | ‘ By when do I have to get out of the house ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I try to get out on the hill for either a call-out or a practice at least once a month with my team — the Furness Mountain Rescue Team which deals with an area of the southern Lake District . |
| 18 | I 've got catarrh , in fact I had to get up in the night and put some there |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van . |
| 22 | I had to get out of the business . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 24 | Tracey Anne McLaughlan told Sheriff David Smith : ‘ He said I had to get out of the house , that Mr Kelbie was riddled with AIDS . |
| 25 | ‘ Listen , I hate to break this up and it 's been wonderful to see you , but I have to get back to the hotel . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I wanted a second mate 's ticket ; I wanted to get on to the bridge and do things . |
| 28 | I was frightened by the helpless , shaking anger that had hold of me ; I wanted to get out of the room . |
| 29 | ‘ But I wanted to get out into the commercial world . |
| 30 | I know she wants to get out of the house , I know |