Example sentences of "i [verb] get him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried getting him slimmer once as I thought it might help him to jump even better , but it did n't suit him . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to get him to come to London , ’ said Hardy , ‘ but he would n't . |
| 3 | Well anyway , whatever I I tried to get him to erm , cos I 've written again to the newspaper , I 've tried to get him to confess that , that the unions are the biggest because erm , even then I said to tell him well supposing that we could get , I said , erm you know the money to support you , I said just supposingly I said would be private vet , and he said what you dare say they would have to have there . |
| 4 | I tried to get him to return my smile , to confess that he had been pulling my leg ; but his brooding face was drained of humour . |
| 5 | I tried to get him back on to the subject . |
| 6 | eventually I went up and I tried to get him to go down to sleep again , and he was shutting his eyes and on his dummy , but he was |
| 7 | I want to get him up to Inspector as soon as possible . ’ |
| 8 | Half-an-hour and half-a-pound of best Irish butter later , I had not only not succeeded , but somehow I 'd got him further through . |
| 9 | I invented him , Buffy , and when I 'd got him , the book started working . |
| 10 | I 'd got him to play , see ? |
| 11 | I 'd got him , you know ? |
| 12 | But erm Morrisons on Monday er Bill , he 'd er cooked fish , er er there was some frozen fish what I 'd got him like . |
| 13 | He come to call for Stephen this morning so I collared him while I 'd got him . |
| 14 | I forgot to get him a card to go out again for a card . |
| 15 | " And how in the world am I going to get him home ? " |
| 16 | I struggled to get him into bed and he started to do deep breathing exercises , which he knows I ca n't stand when I 'm trying to get to sleep . |
| 17 | I keep getting him on the phone , I already know . |
| 18 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |
| 19 | What a job I had getting him pulled out . |
| 20 | But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops . |
| 21 | I had to get him going . |
| 22 | I 've got him . |
| 23 | I hope he did , because if he tries to put the squeeze on you I 've got him . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got him . |
| 25 | I 've got him . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got him , ’ said Sergeant Comstock gruffly . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've got him prisoner . |
| 28 | I 've got him . |
| 29 | Peggy ’ — he put his hand out towards her — ‘ I 've got him where I want him , where we all want him . |
| 30 | Saying what they 're in er erm erm , so look , and wa watch so and so very carefully Jack I 've got him in such and such a race . |