EXPRESSIONS WITH GET
TO GET can be used in a number of patterns and has a number of meanings. TO GET + DIRECT OBJECT = TO OBTAIN, TO RECEIVE, TO BUY I got my passport last week. (to obtain) She got her driving license last week. (to obtain) They got permission to live in Switzerland. (to obtain) I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria. (to receive) He gets $1,000 a year from his father. (to receive) She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome. (to buy) We got a new television for the sitting room. (to buy) TO GET + PLACE EXPRESSION = REACH, ARRIVE AT A PLACE How are you getting home tonight? We got to London around 6 p.m. What time will we get there ? When did you get back from New York? TO GET + ADJECTIVE = BECOME, SHOW A CHANGE OF STATE I am getting old . It's getting hotter . By the time they reached the house they were getting...