Example sentences of "got to [pos pn] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 She got to her feet as Piphros , uttering a shrill scream , retreated out of the door .
2 Tired , she got to her feet and made to leave .
3 And on this she turned away ; and Agnes got to her feet and not until then did she realise how tired and even sick she was feeling .
4 Scrambling , she got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink .
5 Nell got to her feet and finally found her voice .
6 Now she got to her feet and said : ‘ I 'll get back to my cottage .
7 Harriet said ‘ Excuse me ! ’ , got to her feet and went out to answer it .
8 Miss Honey got to her feet and walked smartly out of the room , but was back in thirty seconds carrying a thick book .
9 She got to her feet and went and picked up the phone .
10 Tabitha got to her feet and pushed Marco aside to peer at the controls .
11 ‘ You do what you want , Mike , ’ she snapped then got to her feet and strode to the door .
12 Auntie Lou got to her feet and put her hands up to her hair again .
13 Stiffly , feeling like an old woman , she got to her feet and trudged between the hummocks till she reached the top of one of the new dunes on the shoreline .
14 She got to her feet and stood over the Dalek Killer 's body .
15 She got to her feet and started to run back down to the temple .
16 Donna got to her feet and padded across to the bathroom where she showered quickly , rinsing away the dirt of the journey .
17 Donna finally got to her feet and wandered outside , glancing up at the board , noticing that her train was due in about five minutes .
18 Miss Fergusson got to her feet and briskly began to continue the ascent .
19 Swinging long jeans-clad legs out , she got to her feet and slammed the car door .
20 She got to her feet and picked up their empty plates .
21 Chilled and depressed , unwilling to sit there and listen to the conversation , Luce got to her feet and left , closing the door behind her .
22 Laying down her coffee mug with a decisive thud , she got to her feet and strode with her usual long-legged grace to the dining-room .
23 At last , with a sigh , she got to her feet and wandered upstairs to the bathroom .
24 ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was .
25 I thought I 'd gone before I came out of my house but I had a feeling when I nearly got to their school that I ought to have again .
26 The men got to their feet and began filing through the door on Gregson 's left , muttering to themselves and each other as they went .
27 When he had gone , Sandison got to his feet but he had lost sight of Elsie .
28 Frankie got to his feet and tip-toed up the steps to the first-floor landing .
29 He got to his feet and looked round .
30 He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect .
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