Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she said : ‘ So you see , I 'm making myself as unpleasant as I can — and I assure you I can ! — to make them want to get rid of me as soon as possible . ’ |
| 2 | Although one of them tried to get him to America . |
| 3 | Then she made me promise to get them back to her in one piece within a week and sold me two tickets to a Ward Bond Retrospective at her film club in Ponder 's End . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you like me to try to get in touch with her ? ’ |
| 5 | So I 've always tried to eliminate it and Ibanez has worked with me to try to get as little flutter in that vibrato bar as possible by using certain springs or arrangements of springs . |
| 6 | What do I want to get out of a job ? |
| 7 | Well , I 'll help you , I 'll be round , I 'll be here helping but I must I want to get on with some work . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'ad to get 'ome to me love , |
| 9 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean to get to the bottom of it , ’ said Lydia , only without much conviction . |
| 11 | I mean to get the tissue paper |
| 12 | I mean to get to Beckenham that way it takes . |
| 13 | Judge Harry Walker , who gave Jim bail yesterday , told him : ‘ I intend to get to the bottom of this . ’ |
| 14 | And I intend to get there , with the help of professional caution and my range of weaponry . |
| 15 | In November 1868 he had written to Rohde : " I intend to get through all the business of habilitation by Easter [ sc . |
| 16 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
| 17 | I agreed to get photos of the fuel rods for the Union in Washington . |
| 18 | Of 22 chosen flights , I failed to get on only six and was carried on one of the next two flights . |
| 19 | I failed to get my case for a share of his property and savings heard because I was told the courts do n't recognise a common-law wife . |
| 20 | I failed to get myself introduced the other night . |
| 21 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 22 | I failed to get there ! |
| 23 | I got to get home though . |
| 24 | They 're closing , so I got to get out . |
| 25 | I du n no , I 'd quite like to stay watching the ducks , cos they 're pretty interesting , but I 'm too blummin cold for that and I got to get back home . |
| 26 | I got to get back home , that 's the thing . |
| 27 | Then I got to get back to work . |
| 28 | Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and |
| 29 | I got to get batteries to go with it though . |
| 30 | I got to get Matt some sweets . |