Example sentences of "[modal v] get [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we must get closer to the market , the proposals continue to ignore the reality of market forces in a misguided attempt to solve undesirable social objectives . |
| 2 | A long and somewhat rambling discussion followed during which the judge effectively tried to persuade the barrister that he must get up before the jury in order to say , ‘ in terms that the remark that you made was a remark which should not have been made and apologise , and you can say in terms that one of the reasons why it was a remark which should not have been made was that you had never seen the document ; you did not know what it contained . ’ |
| 3 | once the spawning is complete the female must get out of the male 's way and should be removed from the breeding tank , otherwise she may be harried to the point of being killed . |
| 4 | I 'll take him back to Strelsau and you must get out of the country as fast as you can . ’ |
| 5 | She knew she must get out of the car quickly , or it would get stuck behind the steering wheel . |
| 6 | Instantly she knew that she too must get out of the Lodge . |
| 7 | She must get out of the house and breathe in some air that was free of the scent of leather . |
| 8 | P.C. Clifford would have welcomed the tea , but said that he must get back to the scene of the tragedy . |
| 9 | But we must get back to the Vicar , who is awaiting his final epitaph in some anxiety . |
| 10 | She must get back to the sea to feed . |
| 11 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 12 | I must get back to the shop now . |
| 13 | She must get back to The Tamarisks . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , we must get back to the office . |
| 15 | ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I must get back to the hospital … ’ |
| 17 | I really must get back to the house . ’ |
| 18 | Certainly we must get back to the mooring in time for you to start work . ’ |
| 19 | The general consensus among modern anthropologists is that we too should get away from the notion of private property as we know it , when we analyse the economic system of pre-literate peoples , but instead talk of a multiplicity of rights of different types . |
| 20 | ‘ Until such times as they can do this , Her Majesty 's Government should get on with the task of governing Northern Ireland in a positive fashion , including the alternative means of returning powers to locally-elected representatives . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The English department , ’ one parent said , ‘ should get out of the sex education business . ’ |
| 22 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |
| 23 | The patient should get out of the house at intervals , if at all possible . |
| 24 | The social worker said I should get out of the house , so I got enticed down to Age Concern and passed the afternoon there . |
| 25 | Mrs Wilson had told him he should get out of the house more . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's nothing I 'd like better than to stay here and make love to you all day , but I think after breakfast we should get back to the palazzo . ’ |
| 27 | After one alarmed glance at her apoplectic face , Mr Loveitt said smoothly : ‘ I think we should get back to the facts . |
| 28 | He was polite but distant after that for the rest of the week , and there was no suggestion that they should get together in the evening or over the weekend . |
| 29 | So you 'll getting up in the morning ? |
| 30 | Even an agreement about the time you might get up in the morning , and who gets up first , for instance , is important . |