Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know you 're wanting to get back to the hacienda . ’ |
| 2 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 3 | The next report came in for the 3rd goal , and again said ‘ Leeds are beginning to get back into the match , but Norwich have scored a 3rd ’ … all other reports/comments just mention the goals . |
| 4 | If they already have some practical knowledge they will be itching to get on to the floor ! |
| 5 | ‘ Hello , operator , I 'm trying to get through to the Kosher butcher — it 's on the blink and I 've people coming for dinner Friday — Oh , thank you , dear . |
| 6 | George Benton , the knowledgeable trainer of Holyfield , says : ‘ Evander will be trying to get out of the way early on , blocking and ducking . |
| 7 | That 's right , and I think that 's very important with a side , and of course John Durning now , finished his suspension , so he 'll be raring to get back in the side . |
| 8 | The Exiles are bristling to get back on the scene and currently lie third in the Division Four South , tucked in behind Havant and Basingstoke . |
| 9 | Beginning their new season in the third division of the Paisley & District League , the Stoddard Carpets football team are fighting to get back into the second division where they were last year . |
| 10 | Several Perks were fighting to get out of the crack . |
| 11 | ‘ I am trying to get through to the Islamic Foundation , ’ went on Ali , ‘ to warn them of what is going on here . |
| 12 | Indeed , the business is so popular that professional pornography producers are trying to get in on the action with their own ‘ amateur ’ videos . |
| 13 | Certain men have been trying to get in on the politically correct act for a while . |
| 14 | The US and Japan pretty much have the microprocessor design business to themselves , but now it looks as if Taiwan 's government-backed Computer & Communication Research Laboratories is trying to get in on the act . |
| 15 | And I said he 's gon na do damage if he 's trying to get up at the door |
| 16 | As soon as lunch was over , Mr Evans was fidgeting to get back to the shop . |
| 17 | Meat Loaf came on to a volley of missiles and for one , beautiful moment , it seemed he was going to get down from the stage and beat some arsehole to death . |
| 18 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 19 | That would be the end of any engagements elsewhere , just when he was beginning to get back on the international circuit . |
| 20 | Something brown was fighting to get out of the bright green of the marsh . |
| 21 | Behind him , something was fighting to get out of the door . |
| 22 | Soon she was joined by a peasant woman dressed in black who told her that she was trying to get on to the hospital in Toulon for news of her son . |
| 23 | Or he was trying to get in through the one window in the house which was approachable from the tree side . |
| 24 | He is in fact opposing himself to the view that I was trying to get out of the older writers , namely that beauty is the name of some sort of spiritual being . |
| 25 | He is in fact opposing himself to the view I was trying to get out of the older writers , namely that ‘ beauty ’ is the name of some sort of spiritual being . |