Example sentences of "[subord] he got [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought he would not begin on all that , so he got up from the kitchen table . |
| 2 | Even when he was small , out hunting , and broke his arm , could n't wait until he got back on the horse , used his stock for a sling and rode home . ’ |
| 3 | Completed shortly after he got out of the university , Nice Work retreated from academe to the extent of featuring a central character — Vic Wilcox , a dour Midlands MD — who , almost uniquely among his fictional creations , would not have read the novels of David Lodge . |
| 4 | It was an illusion of tired eyes , but before he got back in the car he stood , his collar open , looking up at the sky where there was nothing to see but black , and let the water splash down on his open face , his wet shirt clinging to the skin of his chest and belly . |
| 5 | He knew the man would be magnificent when he got on to the stage that night . |
| 6 | I remember that when he got up at the end of the meal , his head nearly touched the ceiling , and , as usual , the rising to his feet was undertaken by means of the silent swivel-mechanism . |
| 7 | He felt stiff when he got up from the chair and turned out the light and groped his way through the still open doorway to the bed , shedding his clothes on to the floor . |
| 8 | He had knocked over the water jug when he got up from the table . |
| 9 | When he got up in the morning , his ankles felt ricketty . |
| 10 | He and Anne had a bathroom opening out of their bedroom but Adam , when he got up in the night , usually went to the other one that was on the far side of the landing . |
| 11 | ‘ He slept like a log and when he got up in the morning and saw the car had gone he was very upset , ’ said a source . |
| 12 | When he got back into the kitchen the cat , finally courageous in its search for food , was sitting in the corner . |
| 13 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 14 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 15 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 16 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 17 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 18 | The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio . |
| 19 | Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment . |
| 20 | Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor . |
| 21 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 22 | ‘ I think Yorick wrote that whole page when he got back from the party . |
| 23 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 24 | When he got out of the shop she saw that he could hardly walk . |
| 25 | He 'd give it back to her when he got out of the car . |
| 26 | When he got out of the car people would groan . |
| 27 | When he got out of the car , he could not walk . |
| 28 | In the bronze medal fight against Axel Lobenstein , of East Germany , White appeared to start with more aggressive determination , but his attacks were way off target and he was thrown for a yuko ( five points ) as he got up off the ground . |
| 29 | ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table . |
| 30 | It stung the roof of Francis 's mouth as he got out of the car . |