Example sentences of "[noun] got [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The queen asked how the groups got on coming from so many different backgrounds and cultures , and if they were making any new recruits . |
| 2 | VETERAN rocker Rod Stewart got to grips with fatherhood at last yesterday . |
| 3 | He refused to send his horses to be shod at our smithy after that ; for once the smith 's verdict got around it would be difficult for him to sell the mare . |
| 4 | Mr. Occhi got into the taxi , took £1 out of his wallet and gave it to the appellant who then , the wallet being still open , took a further £6 out of it . |
| 5 | Martin Ward got to his feet , dusting off sand , and they held each others ' eyes for a few moments without speaking . |
| 6 | The £26m deal eclipses the £13m advance which Prince got in September . |
| 7 | Gabriel waited for him to break away and in that instant got in a good burst , peppering the cockpit . |
| 8 | Somehow or other , the vicar got off stage , and disappeared behind the altar , perhaps off to hurl himself into the flames that would shortly be consuming Donald . |
| 9 | As West European industrialisation got under way , so the demand for goods manufactured in and around Danzig also began to improve : there was increased Prussian demand for armaments , chemicals , food , timber , clothing and shipbuilding to support the growth of industry in Western Prussia . |
| 10 | Miss Honey got to her feet and walked smartly out of the room , but was back in thirty seconds carrying a thick book . |
| 11 | But once the contents of these plans got around the rumours died down and people began to say that the family must be coming back . ’ |
| 12 | Heavy rain had prevented an ; y play on the first day at Old Trafford , and though high scores were not expected when play got under way on the second day , few people could reasonably have expected that the contest would be over and done with in one day . |
| 13 | Three years after his return from Aden , Nizan got to the heart of his dilemma when he proclaimed : I came very close to being a bourgeois … |
| 14 | Mr Jemps got on his feet belligerently . |
| 15 | Discus queries got to STEVE DUDLEY of Euro-Discus . |
| 16 | As the build-up to the pending general election got under way , the position of the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Paddy Ashdown , came under scrutiny when on Feb. 5 he made a statement acknowledging that some years earlier he had had a " brief relationship " with a woman ( identified as Patricia Sullivan , now known under the name Howard ) ; he stressed , however , that this " should have remained a private and personal matter of concern only to those involved " . |
| 17 | Couple of good saves today you must be pleased with ; Wittingham got in one very good header did n't he . |
| 18 | His beard and teeth got in the way . |
| 19 | In Britain a considerable reorganisation got under way in 1903 . |
| 20 | The PC got in his car and drove off . |
| 21 | Back in 1945 , when the first experimental fluoridation projects got under way in Grand Rapids , Michigan , and Newburgh , New York , it was envisaged that drinking about 1 litre of fluoridated water a day would provide 1 milligram of fluoride . |
| 22 | That the four lead artists got on so well with each other was a distinct advantage in coping with the pressurised working schedules they were expected to maintain over the next year . |
| 23 | By what route the technique got into West Africa — or even whether it was independently devised there — can not be ascertained until we have discovered more sites of the first millennium AD , and earlier in West Africa . |
| 24 | Shivering in the morning chill , Kelly got into her car and started the engine . |
| 25 | Kelly got in her car and headed east towards Feltham . |
| 26 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 27 | Well the last the last time when Sunderland got to the Final in seventy-three er there were five of us in the , in my house and I 'd made red and white rosettes |
| 28 | In any case other activities got in the way of getting to the Sunday services , but I managed the rehearsals and some weekday 5pm services . |
| 29 | This seemed reasonable , so reluctantly Sophie got in his car and sat in silence as he drove out to the main road . |
| 30 | BASIC INSTINCT is already famous , a ) for the precedent-setting and record-breaking three million bucks writer Joe Eszterhas got for the screenplay , and b ) for the concerted efforts of the American lesbian and gay community to harass the production because of its alleged depiction of lesbianism and bisexual women as homicidal maniacs , and standing outside theatres giving away the surprise ending . |