Example sentences of "try to get [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps , my dear fellow , since you 're some sort of detective , you 'd try to get through on the telephone to the Carabinieri . |
| 2 | Then , when word got out that Hurley again had a drawerful of money to pay for information , everybody in Beirut would try to get in on the act , making things up if they had to . |
| 3 | He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor . |
| 4 | I try to get out on the hill for either a call-out or a practice at least once a month with my team — the Furness Mountain Rescue Team which deals with an area of the southern Lake District . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Were there any other rival boatmen , people trying to get in on the scene ? |
| 7 | Indeed , the business is so popular that professional pornography producers are trying to get in on the action with their own ‘ amateur ’ videos . |
| 8 | Forced to convene yet another extraordinary meeting by sacked directors trying to get back on the board , Amalgamated Financial Investments has sent out a suitably apologetic letter to shareholders . |