Example sentences of "i [vb past] to get [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night Mr Roseberry said : ‘ I was hit as I tried to get into the pub . |
| 2 | After which , I decided to get into the leather producing industry rather than the purely merchanting business and I joined as a director of the main board . |
| 3 | I managed to get into a weir pool where the surface current was vicious but to my amazement found that the water under the surface was almost totally still ! |
| 4 | She added : ‘ I managed to get into the footwell . |
| 5 | All I felt when I went to his surgery was a dryness of the throat and a quivering at the knees , and providing I kept my eyes tightly shut all the time I managed to get through the visit fairly easily . |
| 6 | I managed to get to the wine bar the other side of St Paul 's in time to pick up Rebecca and the bar staff did not seem sad to see her go . |
| 7 | I managed to get on a bus at sort of five-ish . |
| 8 | It was funny though , when I went to get on the scales everybody went phew |
| 9 | ‘ I had to get past the pack ; I had to escape . |
| 10 | ‘ You remember I had to get in a barman to help with drunks and keep a bit of law and order about the place ? |
| 11 | ‘ If I wanted to get into a fight , I could pick one behind any pub in Luton any night I wanted , ’ he says , only half jokingly . |
| 12 | no I ca n't and she would n't get off the phone and I wanted to get to the phone and she said , phone me up Is it all right then , I 'll phone him afterwards ! |