Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know you 're wanting to get back to the hacienda . ’ |
| 2 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 3 | The next report came in for the 3rd goal , and again said ‘ Leeds are beginning to get back into the match , but Norwich have scored a 3rd ’ … all other reports/comments just mention the goals . |
| 4 | I have to use sleeping tablets to help me sleep at night because I 'm dreading getting up in the morning in case anything 's happened further . |
| 5 | ‘ Hello , operator , I 'm trying to get through to the Kosher butcher — it 's on the blink and I 've people coming for dinner Friday — Oh , thank you , dear . |
| 6 | The Exiles are bristling to get back on the scene and currently lie third in the Division Four South , tucked in behind Havant and Basingstoke . |
| 7 | Beginning their new season in the third division of the Paisley & District League , the Stoddard Carpets football team are fighting to get back into the second division where they were last year . |
| 8 | ‘ I am trying to get through to the Islamic Foundation , ’ went on Ali , ‘ to warn them of what is going on here . |
| 9 | Indeed , the business is so popular that professional pornography producers are trying to get in on the action with their own ‘ amateur ’ videos . |