Example sentences of "i [vb past] get [pers pn] " 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 | and er I tried getting it off , anyway I thought I ca n't be bothered messing about with it |
| 3 | Hell , Nick , I tried to get her out of that place , but she did n't care . |
| 4 | I tried to get her to send me a memo with a pound sign on it the day after any night she had masturbated thinking about Lee , but she never did . |
| 5 | I tried to get her to give him the elbow but she would always say , ‘ but Eddie , he means well and he 's so kind ’ . |
| 6 | I tried to get them repaired , but was told that it would be much cheaper to buy replacements . |
| 7 | ‘ I tried to get him to come to London , ’ said Hardy , ‘ but he would n't . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I tried to get him back on to the subject . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to get you . |
| 13 | I tried to get you to drink , but … ’ |
| 14 | I tried to get it last night . |
| 15 | I promised to get them tickets and to let them know where and when to meet me on Sunday . |
| 16 | So I fixed to get them . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I invented him , Buffy , and when I 'd got him , the book started working . |
| 19 | I 'd got him to play , see ? |
| 20 | I 'd got him , you know ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He come to call for Stephen this morning so I collared him while I 'd got him . |
| 23 | I 'd got them : Fs , Gs , and the Big U — Unclassified . |
| 24 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
| 25 | I forgot I 'd got them on and I slipped on the bottom stairs . |
| 26 | I 'd got them all . |
| 27 | So whether he did n't believe that I , I 'd got them right or not I do n't know but the answers were there . |
| 28 | I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough . |
| 29 | , so I put her out in the end it erm it was surprising everybody knew what was going to happen they knew what I was going to do right when I come back in after swi place was empty they 'd got out that door before I 'd got her out the door but erm no it 's it 's very insulting . |
| 30 | Cos I 'd got her a tube of toothpaste . |