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Where did you get these beautiful prints? You had better get yourself a good lawyer. They got the furniture from his mother's estate
He got a bicycle from his grandma. I got a job at the carwash
He gets a lot of money for just standing there and answering questions
Please get me a cup of tea
You'll get pneumonia if you go out without your coat
We got ill from eating too much chocolate
It got very cold last night. He got rich almost overnight
Are the police sure that they got the right person?
How did you get to be chairman?
She got home by taxi
He got the midnight train
We finally got him just before he left for the day
I cannot get that programme
How did you ever get them to let you go?
I can't get this knob back on
Those old romantic songs really get me
Doesn't it get you to see people going unpunished for their crimes?
You've got me! I don't know where it is!
You just don't get the joke, do you?
I didn't get the name; please repeat it
Did you get anything from yesterday's lecture?
Eventually, I'll get him where I want him!
I'll get him for betraying me if it's the last thing I do!
She got him right between the eyes
She is trying to get across to you the fact that she despises television
With his contacts, he's bound to get ahead
If you get behind the enterprise, I know it will succeed
Let's get down to business
It's getting on and they'll be waiting
If they get onto the missing stores we're in for it
He said he would do the repairs if he got round to it
What time did you get to the office? How did you get home? b See 28.(c), (d), above
If you don't watch her, she'll get up to no good
get about or around
He let the news get about that he needed a secretary
Since his accident, he doesn't get around much any more
get along
She gets along with most people quite well. Do you think they'll get along
How are you getting along with your new novel
I have to get along now or I'll miss my train
How are you getting on with your new novel
They are getting along but you wouldn't guess that they're eighty
get at
I can't get at the lock from here
She just didn't understand what I was getting at
She is really beginning to get at me with her persistent criticism
They tried to get at the judge
The police said they were only trying to get at the facts
get away
He will never be able to get away now
I must get away for a few days
Black Flash got away from the starting gate at top speed
get back
I'll try to get back before midnight
Can you get your money back for that hat?
get down
He got down from his horse and drew his gun
She wasn't able to get down everything Shaw said
Don't let a little thing like that get you down
No sooner does he get some food down than it comes right back up again
get in
We got in the car and were driven away. You can get in here
I got in at eight today
He got in my comment. The doctor got me in before anyone else
My flight got in at dawn
get into
Here, get into this uniform
Do you really want me to get into the nasty details
I could really get into farming
get off
She got off her bike and came towards me
I hope to get off tomorrow morning
Can you get those boots off easily
A clever lawyer could have got him off. He got off on a technicality
get out (of)
We got out as quickly as we could
She thought she'd never get out alive
They'll never get anything out of me
Ask yourself what you will get out of the deal
Gabriela was somehow always able to get out of PE class
get over
A dog can't get over a fence that high
Which takes longer, getting over a love affair or the measles
Let's get this over with as soon as possible
get round or around
Chris is always trying to get round the parking restrictions
I didn't want to propose, but she managed to get round me
get through
She got me through the ordeal. Without her help, I never could have got through
The line is engaged and I cannot get through to mother
When you get through, please put away the dishes
Parents sometimes have trouble getting through to their children
get together
Get your things together and leave at once
Have you time to get together on Friday
I think we can get together on the question of wages
get up
I get up at dawn
Get up and you'll be able to reach it
Can we get up the next hill? She got up on the table and started to dance
We got up a cabaret for the after-dinner entertainment
She got herself up as a cabaret dancer
You'd best get up your history before the exam
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