Example sentences of "for [art] [noun] to get [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terror group Sons of Glendower sent warning letters to the BBC in Bangor , Gwynedd , setting a deadline of March 1 — St David 's Day — for the families to get out of Wales . |
| 2 | ‘ It would need an increase of 100 per cent in the ewe premiums for the farmers to get back to their previous levels of income at the beginning of the 1980s . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd got an assortment of sarnies and some cans of Diet Coke and bottles of Perrier at a café behind Liverpool Street and was allowing plenty of time for the traffic to get back into the City . |
| 4 | The overlap with the districts needs to be eradicated , it 's a black hole at the moment , every district can pass a its surplus on to another district , and indeed it would be the last district to prepare a district wide local plan that has to meet the residue of the Greater York requirement , it may maybe a good stimulus for the districts to get on with their local plans , but that 's not an planning way . |
| 5 | During this period it is essential that all the staff 's normal duties are covered for them , nothing is more likely to prevent successful training than constant telephone interruptions and the need for the staff to get back to their normal work . |
| 6 | Aside from the fact that it may be difficult for the dog to get out of the water or escape from a strong current , the water itself might also be polluted , with equally serious consequences . |
| 7 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 8 | This point may sound very obvious , but it is seen to be crucial when one party to the contract is looking for a way to get out of his contractual obligations and is able to seize upon an ill-defined point . |
| 9 | It often takes ages for a pair to get down to spawning for the first time and if you were to separate them now it would be extremely difficult to get them back together again . |
| 10 | It would certainly be possible for a jackdaw to get in through any of the eight window openings , but then I thought , No . |
| 11 | Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood . |
| 12 | The scope for an entrepreneur to get in on the ground floor and turn petrol stations into shops supplying parts and oils was obvious — to those with an eye for business . |
| 13 | " How many ? " , etc. ( e.g. " How many arrow slits are there in the north wall ? " ) , but should include questions of " Why ? " and " How ? " ( e.g. " Explain why it is so difficult for an attacker to get in through the castle gate " ) . |