Example sentences of "[vb base] get [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Can he do that , and expect to get away with it ? ’
2 but did grammar really expect to get away with including the Christmas dinner in their schools meals budget ?
3 If I could just say one other thing , that is that I 've had a an initial of , of the blocks done and pending the outcome of Woolwich which I expect to get tomorrow erm , if they are backing out then I will be getting a full structural , engineers structural survey within a couple of days , this is the actually meeting plan .
4 In the UK and Ireland , whilst a few people are getting poorer , the majority of people are increasing their standard of living and most expect to get better off year after year .
5 We expect to get more into it for late winter and next spring .
6 You long to get away and enjoy some freedom , but circumstances beyond your control dictate otherwise .
7 ‘ I hope you 're not in too much hurry to get home , ’ said Mrs Wright .
8 It contains profiles of popular retirement countries such as Spain and for those who really want to get away from it all there are outlines of more exotic locations .
9 They want to get away ; they want to forget about politics ; they want to reintroduce themselves to their families .
10 Yet there are still quiet corners and delightful places to see on the Costa Blanca … and all so easily reached on drives and excursions for those who want to get away from it all .
11 If you want to get away from it all completely there are five other pools to choose from !
12 And if you really want to get away from it all you can hire a whole Caribbean island , all to yourself .
13 You can decide when you want to get away from it all and take advantage of low-season prices and bargain breaks .
14 This pattern now appears to have been broken , and Madeira experiences an all-year-round trade with those who want summer sun tans as well as those who want to get away from cold winters .
15 I just want to get away from my wife and get some peace .
16 Matilda said , ‘ Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it .
17 I just want to get away from my normal surroundings . ’
18 ‘ No , I want to get away from here .
19 I want to get away from the era of continual press conferences and announcements and long speeches .
20 He had hoped that the project would foster greater continuity between children 's experience of learning in primary school , and their experience in the comprehensive : I want to get away from [ a didactic approach ] , to the pupils taking more responsibility for work they produce and being more autonomous in the way that they do it and hoping to create more responsibility in them rather than them seeking the teacher all the time for information ; and thinking that all knowledge and information and values have to be teacher judged …
21 Now that I 've learnt about it , I want to get away from it as soon as I can . "
22 Now this is the time when you must watch them , because it can take from two to two days , two hours from two , two hours to two days to regain control of the brain , depending on the person and if it 's , happens outside and they want to get away , stress the fact you get up and run under a bus and they do n't mean to obviously
23 Now I want to get away from it , that is the truth .
24 ‘ I want to get away , ’ she said , her voice cracking .
25 ‘ It 's not about diving into the murky depths in search of treasure — that is just the impression we want to get away from ’ , insists Noel Fojut , Historic Scotland 's Principal Inspector responsible for underwater archaeology .
26 I want to get away from this place , that angry man .
27 What we certainly want to get away from is the present situation where two sub teams do n't have a complaint examiner .
28 ‘ You mean you want to get away from me ! ’ she burst out , shaking suddenly , her eyes blazing .
29 Oh dear , you 'd say this would be me as I was leaving the travel agents I heard a woman say my friend and I want to get away from it all , can you recommend somewhere completely unspoiled with a really nice shopping area .
30 I heard her say to Cathy , can I come round to your house tonight , I just want to get away from .
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