Example sentences of "to get [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They did come in , and it took seven of them to get me down to a single cell .
2 The first stage of the programme is designed to get you on to a balanced , low-calorie diet , and to cleanse you system so that in Stage II you will be able to tell which foods suit your body the most .
3 She was still trying to get him off with a nice society type .
4 There seems to be some poetry rattling about in there , rather as air rattles about in the bowels , but to get it out with a proper report — that 's the trick !
5 No daily Hansard is at hand , to get us out of a tight corner .
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