Example sentences of "[verb] to get [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 2 | She told the jury : ‘ I said to him , ‘ You are a married man , ’ but he tried to get on top of me . |
| 3 | I lay there and I heard this zip go z-z-zip up , god someone 's coming in tent , tried to get in bed with us . |
| 4 | AIAS [ Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies ] tried to get in touch with Gould and his publishers to ask them to withdraw the book from sale , or at least remove this photo . |
| 5 | What is more they appear to have done it , whether in small discussion groups , or the concerts and parties she helped to get under way to celebrate the ending of the war , which also came in that year . |
| 6 | Every day when I get up , I ca n't wait to get to school , just to see you . |
| 7 | On duty she strode about looking as if she could not wait to get off duty and chuck a discus . |
| 8 | PIANO MAN Colin McMillan wants to get in tune with a fight against Paul Hodkinson . |
| 9 | When addresses are required , these are needed only in case the clinic discovers an important infection a day or so after the patient has left and needs to get in touch in a hurry . |
| 10 | If she needs to get in touch with me for anything , she has my number . ’ |
| 11 | By 1910 however , it seems to have been fairly standard practice for the daughters of skilled manual workers to try to get into printing . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm going to try to get to college , Benny , ’ she had said , her face blazing with the intensity of it . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you like me to try to get in touch with her ? ’ |
| 14 | The next day she left for Amsterdam , earlier than expected , after asking him not to try to get in touch with her there . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to get under way as soon as possible . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah well come on then cos I want to get to mum 's cos I 'll do that washing up when I come back sha n't I ? |
| 17 | I 've just been driven back from Covent Garden and I want to get to bed . |
| 18 | oh sorry well I do n't wan na talk about that because I want to get to business |
| 19 | We as a distributor never want to get into assembly very seriously , but it may be necessary for the future . |
| 20 | It is no good choosing , say , a Cherokee 140 if you want to get into solo aerobatics , or a Pitts if you want to go touring with the wife and family . |
| 21 | You see , and I says , oh man that 's exactly the very man I want to get into contact with . |
| 22 | You both want to get into bed or one of you does n't . |
| 23 | No wonder so many young people want to get into advertising or public relations , for it can be an exciting and rewarding career . |
| 24 | Some of us want to get through GCE next year , you know . ’ |
| 25 | IF you want to get in trim for summer and raise money for a good cause , sign up for sponsored aerobics at the Dolphin Centre later this month . |
| 26 | ‘ Who 's my contact if I want to get in touch with you ? ’ |
| 27 | I 'm going to get an address for Sam anyway cos I I want to get in touch with him |
| 28 | And if you want to get in touch with the Samaritans , that Glasgow number again is oh four one , two four eight , four four eight oh . |
| 29 | The duty officer promised to get in touch but nothing happened for two days . |
| 30 | The quota is the smallest number of votes the candidate has to get in order to be sure of getting a seat . |