Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to get [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hasten to add however , that in my view that would not have materially altered her ability to go on to get a qualification and succeed in her chosen career . |
| 2 | The Movietone cameraman zoomed in to get a close-up of the notice being fixed in place , a glimpse for the screens of a thousand Odeons and Regals from Aberdeen to Penzance . |
| 3 | Sorry I was going to go down to get an authorization from Age Concern , I missed the first bit , but erm if resources are allowed for this work , would it not be better to aim them at priority areas , and not wards , I mean , in other words , to put it to the areas that needed most . |
| 4 | He kissed the top of her head , and moved on to get a saucepan out of the oven . |
| 5 | It is also worthwhile attempting the occasional no airbrake touch down to get a better idea of how far your glider will float . |
| 6 | At the last minute , enough congressmen rally round to get the package through the House of Representatives : not because they believe in it , but because Mr Clinton has made them an offer they can not refuse , or worse , because they pity him . |
| 7 | The traveller then saw that he was sitting right on the edge of a cliff , and if he had leaned over to get the log he would have fallen to his death . |
| 8 | It 's just the crap that you 've got to go through to get a hit , y'know , burgling , scoring and that . |
| 9 | ‘ We came back to get the vital point . |
| 10 | I could have messed about to get the price under 20m to make them legit. teans but I could n't be arsed ! |
| 11 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 12 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 13 | I think I must have twisted round to get the shampoo awkward . |
| 14 | People are flooding in to get the exceptional bargains on offer , ’ said a House of Fraser spokesman . |
| 15 | After a request for stamps , he describes a few enjoyable , healthy hours out of doors walking with Dad from ten to three without a rest : We met a country girl , pale faced , delicate , tall , wrapped up to her neck in winter clothes & feeling cold in spite of all ; her eyes were timid & weak ; evidently she was suffering as girls do , & was going out to get the fresh air . |
| 16 | Endill tried to sit up to get a better look but as he did so , knocked over a book and it thumped onto the shelf . |
| 17 | He moved again , and gladly she leaned over and pressed the bell on the wall beside the cot and got up to get the breast tray . |
| 18 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 19 | Grant calls in to get a weather update . |
| 20 | ‘ But some of the young people in the bar explained and I rushed off to get a camera . ’ |
| 21 | He and Cooper then set off to get the other boat , which they discovered to their fury was also defective . |
| 22 | Yes , what it was , early in the season when I was playing left back erm I had to stay back , but recently because I 'm playing centre half , I get up to get the set pieces , so it 's nice for me as well . |
| 23 | ‘ People used to queue up to get a pub but that 's all stopped now . |
| 24 | We just popped out to get a beer and a burger , down-state a ways . |
| 25 | Trouble was , Sidney decided to go back to get the sentry 's rifle , obviously thinking it might come in useful . |
| 26 | Ring up to get the addresses . |
| 27 | Had I not woken up to get a glass of milk we would not have known about the fire and would have been trapped upstairs . ’ |
| 28 | A national NUJ official says it 's a major achievement , but insists that the fight will still go on to get the sacked journalists their jobs back.Nick Clark reports . |
| 29 | As a child Susan used to turn the pages for pianists at the club 's concerts , and went on to get a music degree . |
| 30 | ‘ About 12 people went along to the basic 15 week course and of course we have six who have gone on to get the certificate . |