Got

Examples

• We have been on the look-out for him, and there was some idea that he had got away to America. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I'm glad she got back in time. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Except one man, who got up and went out. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Livius got out of the carriage, and picked the man up, to ascertain that he was alive, as he fell without uttering a groan. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• These got fairly to work at the beginning of the century, and the uses of machinery spread to the treatment of leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She draws prettily, he observed: and she has now got a little companion she is very fond of. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Carruthers has got a trap, and so the dangers of the lonely road, if there ever were any dangers, are now over. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And what have you got on your mind, Amy? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Famous clients of ours that got us a world of credit. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If you have got the value of the stone in your pocket, answered Mr. Franklin, say so, Betteredge, and in it goes! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For what's a door-chain when she's got one always up? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I think she's got a touch of that fever in her blood yet, and it won't come out--eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At last he was happily got down without any accident, and then he began to beat Mr. Guppy with a hoop-stick in quite a frantic manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And what have you got, my dear? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Those were the exact words she used--taken down in my diary the moment I got home. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He had barely got back, before you got back too. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Murder by a Madman, and the contents of the paper showed that Mr. Horace Harker had got his account into print after all. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The man touched his hat, got out of the fly immediately, and gave me the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have not got the ship's journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He got up in the night and I said, 'Where do you go, Pablo? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Why, you silly man, she continued, where do you suppose I got them? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Now, said a suppressed voice with an oath, I've got you! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as he got into bed, 'I have made one of the most extraordinary mistakes to-night, that ever were heard of. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• How Beth got excited, and skipped and sang with joy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I have got them still--the watch goes beautifully. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was easy to escape, or I should not have got away. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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