Example sentences of "[det] [noun] to get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began by taking the wrong road out of Burford , then tried this lane to get back to the A40 . |
| 2 | ‘ All he said was that he was in trouble and that he needed some money to get out of the country . |
| 3 | A warning was given but residents had only a few minutes to get out before the blast rocked their houses . |
| 4 | Only another few hours to get through . |
| 5 | But you still earned a few bob to get on . |
| 6 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
| 7 | Well , she thought resignedly , another chance to get out of this missed . |
| 8 | And even then a lot of this stuff to get on and off . |
| 9 | If ever we wake up in the morning and feel that this is just ‘ another day to get through ’ , then our life is painfully stuck — and it is fear and limiting beliefs which are keeping us stuck . |
| 10 | ‘ You have to pay this lot to get out of the way . |
| 11 | But we 're mighty anxious now we 've come all this way to get out into that jungle just as soon as we can and start hunting . " |
| 12 | I only wish I had time to stay and talk , but I 've got some paperwork to get through right now . ’ |
| 13 | I am aware , when I go on publicity tours , that the necessity to project yourself , to sell your product , all the time , moves you into the outward and trivial parts of your personality , and it takes some time to get back to being centred , and to finding who you are again within yourself . ’ |
| 14 | Er but erm obviously I 'll sometimes need some time to get back to you . |
| 15 | Once again that requirement to get on with people , clients , account executives and the creative teams is basic to your daily work . |
| 16 | He manifested such reluctance to get up that Theodora felt constrained to recharge his glass . |
| 17 | If I did I would n't have much motivation to get out of bed in the morning or to motivate others ’ . |
| 18 | It 's just that there 's so much time to get through . |
| 19 | Then you were given so much time to get back home again . |
| 20 | The President 's got the authority to tell these assholes to get out of here and leave it to you and me . |
| 21 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |
| 22 | ‘ We got severely lost and it took us all day to get back . |
| 23 | For many people life today is such a bustling affair with so many things to get through in the day that it is not difficult to forget to be aware of what is around us . |
| 24 | Given that it is good for many people to get out of the home and meet other people at work , and that it is crucially important not to leave re-entry into the labour market until the person 's children have grown up , these disregard rules need to be reversed as soon as possible . |
| 25 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 26 | Teachers have long called for more opportunity to get on with what they regard as quintessentially " their " work ; they should normally welcome the opportunity to off-load tasks which can just as effectively be performed by other people . |
| 27 | then you 've got more room to get round If you sit glued to the pavement it 's a hell of a job to get round |
| 28 | The VWA , one of five Dutch sado-masochism associations , is recommending stricter fire safety regulations because ‘ people who are handcuffed or tied up need more time to get out of a building ’ . |
| 29 | I do wish I could find more energy to get on with it . |
| 30 | Following amendment , the legislation as approved on May 21 allowed for former owners to get back " fixed assets " , and a share ownership stake in co-operative farms established on their land . |