Has anyone bothered to DISCOVER how much all this is going to cost?
FIND OUT
He’s trying to AVOID tidying his room.
GET OUT OF
Last night was the first time Ken HAD TALKED about his feelings.
HAD OPENED UP
Someone OPENED MY CAR USING FORCE and stole my bag.
BROKE INTO MY CAR
The gunman ALLOWED THE POLICE TO TAKE HIM AS PRISONER
GAVE HIMSELF UP
Someone FORCED THE WAY INTO his apartment last night.
BROKE INTO
I didn't check the windows and I lied to my father about it. As soon as I heard we had been burgled, I ADMITTED THAT I HAD LIED.
OWNED UP TO MY DAD ABOUT LYING/OWNED UP TO LYING
Billy, please stop TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION and sit down quietly!
SHOWING OFF
The three men ESCAPED in a stolen car.
GOT AWAY
I lost the money my mother gave me so I INVENTED something about being mugged.
MADE UP
We must act now because WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT/WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
I remember when my neighbour CAME and knocked on my door a year ago. She said she wanted flour because she DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
CAME OVER/HAD RUN OUT OF IT
I kept saying I hadn't done it and I almost believed it in the end. I thought I'd MANAGED TO DO IT WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED/CRITIZED, but my mum told me recently she'd always known.
GOT AWAY WITH IT
The prisoner ESCAPED from his guards and ran into the forest.
GOT AWAY
I took a pair of scissors and cut off a chunk of my hair in front of my friends. I'm not sure why - maybe I was just TRYING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.
SHOWING OFF
The siege ended peacefully after the gunman ALLOWED THE POLICE TO TAKE HIM AS PRISONER.
GAVE HIMSELF UP
No one ADMITTED (to) breaking the window.
OWNED UP TO
I forged my mother's signature to AVOID doing sport. When my mum DISCOVERED THAT I HAD FORGED HER SIGNATURE she went mad.
GET OUT OF/FOUND OUT
At school he DID the bare minimum amount of work and DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.
ALWAYS GOT AWAY WITH DOING
When you’re the boss you can INVENT your own rules.
MAKE UP