Example sentences of "get [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just rang up the LUFC ticket office ( got through first time , is this a record ? ) and all the tickets for Cov have sold out . |
| 2 | Real shame our movie never got past first base . |
| 3 | For the women the figure was 47 per cent — though another 33 per cent got through second time . |
| 4 | She would like to get her own back for that row she had got into last October . |
| 5 | Well my Molly has just dug a hole so deep she 's got into next door 's garden fetch the Springer Spaniel from next door and brought it home to play with . |
| 6 | I wished I had got in first by telling her I no longer found her sexually attractive . |
| 7 | I had to tell her I was in Heckmondwike or Herstmonceaux , in case the mole-woman got in first . |
| 8 | Mr Reid , 47 , of North Station Road , Colchester , took the witness stand yesterday to deny all the charges and claimed his accusers , former colleagues Ewan Bain and Karen Spinner , had ‘ got in first ’ before he made complaints to management about their own conduct . |
| 9 | The earl had got in first on this wonderful anchorage , and the advantage remained with his town . |
| 10 | Anyway , that meant that the whole thing was top secret , because they did n't want to risk any leaks in case somebody followed up the work and got in first with a patent . ’ |
| 11 | Downing Street had originally put in a request for the Bridal Suite , only to discover that Jeffrey Archer had got in first . |
| 12 | She began to feel a little differently , though when less than an hour later they entered Ven 's hotel suite and as she turned , about to give him her polite but none the less sincere thanks as they halted in the middle of the room , Ven looked down at her and got in first with , ‘ Are you tired ? ’ |
| 13 | Do you know what they 've got on next week or not ? |
| 14 | Too often , however , producers have not even got to first base , because the requirements for evolving strong scripts have been so poorly understood . |
| 15 | But because of the special circumstances of York we 've got to first define and refine the area of search to a specific corridor and then the other locational criteria are just a guidance , first we take the proposals forward to the local plan stage . |
| 16 | They are contrasted with secondary sources , which are data got at second hand ; i.e. sets of data culled from other people 's original data . |
| 17 | Where do you lot got with last night , pissed off . . |
| 18 | Now get into first gear and go forward very slowly ! ’ |
| 19 | It depends who gets in first does n't it ? |
| 20 | It takes my breath away , so although she is half asleep she gets in first : ‘ Did you get through ? ’ |
| 21 | Whichever gets in first . ’ |
| 22 | The mushrooms I have already mentioned but in addition and all for free were blackberries , elderberries , crab apples , bullaces ( the original plum — rather like a damson but sweeter ) , hazelnuts ( if we could outwit the squirrels and get in first ) , bilberries and sloes . |
| 23 | What do you mean by get in first ? |
| 24 | But get in first , before you freeze . |
| 25 | er , so I do it now , I get in first , I said have you done your homework er , who 's a er , animals grunt Your magic box Kevin ? dearie |
| 26 | I forgot to ask your Mum yesterday , Dad wants two films getting before next Saturday . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a Christmas cactus , ’ he said , getting in first . |
| 28 | Getting in first with the patent application was what the university authorities regarded as the top priority . |
| 29 | Ideally , it is a major feature of this type of product , and one for which the advertised brand is actually superior : but it could be some general characteristic which , by getting in first and appropriating it to itself , the brand can make its own . |
| 30 | It was held that the defendant was guilty , since in raising their hands the members of the audience were engaging in competitive bidding — namely in competing against one another for the chance of getting in first by raising a hand before anyone else or for the chance of attracting the defendant 's favour in selecting the lucky buyer . |