Example sentences of "get [adj] [prep] it " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Of course they got used to it , just as they got used to the closing of the railway , the death of the last squire , the demolition of the hall , the theft of the common land . |
| 2 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
| 3 | And , as subscribers with decades ' worth of Punch purchasing behind them testify on pages 56–59 , the effect was a bit like the first plunge into an icy pool : shocking at first , but pleasantly bracing once you got used to it . |
| 4 | I found that really awkward at first , but I just got used to it and grew to love Les Pauls and just stuck with them from then on . ’ |
| 5 | A DoT expert says : ‘ The breathalyser had a dramatic effect on people 's behaviour but it 's fair to say that people got used to it and began to take various avoiding actions . |
| 6 | We did n't like him doing this for he was rough , but we got used to it and our hands became tough . |
| 7 | He told me that the first three days were an agony , thirst being the greatest torture , then slowly the body reversed its patterns and you got used to it . |
| 8 | Eventually they got used to it and allowed it to stay . |
| 9 | We got used to it , and he was accepted as one of us . |
| 10 | I had been warned on the ground to expect the phenomenon ; after a couple more practice stalls , and later in the circuit , I almost got used to it . |
| 11 | You got used to it . |
| 12 | " I did n't mind much ; I got used to it . |
| 13 | Mrs Glews : Well you just got used to it really ; you did n't have to go at night if you did n't want to . |
| 14 | But you got used to it . |
| 15 | At first I was scared , but after a while I got used to it . |
| 16 | The first day we just hated it , but when we got used to it , it was nowt like a prison . |
| 17 | I was afraid at first , but then I got used to it . |
| 18 | People got used to it in the war but now … well , time will soften the blow . |
| 19 | You could easily get lost , at first , until you got used to it . |
| 20 | I was very nervous when I first went ; but I soon got used to it . |
| 21 | It was the first private space Lucien had ever occupied and , until he got used to it , made him feel edgy and a little frightened . |
| 22 | I absolutely hated having to wear a skirt but I soon got used to it . |
| 23 | You got used to it . |
| 24 | Paul got used to it when they lived together . |
| 25 | Because although I hated it worse than anything , I did enjoy it too , once I got used to it . |
| 26 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 27 | I got used , I got used to it now . |
| 28 | In fact , Lyness got light off it to begin with . |
| 29 | I got paranoid about it . |
| 30 | Mary got stroppy about it and said it was wrong what they were doing , it was a desecration . |