Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] get [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 2 | It will take at least half an hour to park your car and get to the ticket booths . |
| 3 | While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself . |
| 4 | Mr Bailes ' little place was situated about half way along Highburn village and to get into the farmyard you had to walk twenty yards or so between five-foot walls . |
| 5 | At an ordinary time it would have been almost impossible to enter undetected , but tomorrow morning , when the Lord of Parfois brought home from France his forty knights and their followings , and the entire population of the castle came out to meet them and bring them in , then one more insignificant boy might very well slip unnoticed into the throng and get by the guard at the gate unchallenged . |
| 6 | For the population aged 65 + the vast majority are able to cope with outdoor mobility and getting around the house ( see Table 4.8 ) . |
| 7 | The only way she knew to dispel it was to break free of his grasp and get into the canoe . |
| 8 | After breakfast we left the inn and got on the track , which , with care , need not be lost sight of in good weather , except in haze or severe rain , when there is danger at one or two places , where a ceaseless flow of moisture over a rich soil keeps the grass so green and the ground so soft , no path is traceable now and again . |
| 9 | Harry laughed about this , saying that childbirth was like shelling peas to a woman , and that he 's be better off at sea after the mackerel than moping about at home and getting in the way of the womenfolk . |
| 10 | George stared at her and suddenly ached to get away , to take his coat and his briefcase and get into the car and escape to the haven of the Unit and work and the baby and … which brought him back to the reason for his starting to probe her feelings about the project . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ We want an inquiry that will deal with the most important thing of all — that is an inquiry that gets at the truth . ’ |
| 12 | Experts did not , and still do not , agree on the levels of lead that get into the bloodstream specifically by this route . |
| 13 | I 've gone all the way around the circle and got to the beginning again . |
| 14 | It is n't much good writing ‘ I would carry out a thorough investigation and get to the bottom of this whole business … ’ |
| 15 | If your man 's hair is thinning or he 's bald , he can cut down the chances of getting a burnt head by using high-protection skin suncream or get on the hair and scalp . |
| 16 | In the summer at the end of an exhausting day , we take a drink and get into the boat and float . |
| 17 | It was eight o'clock when we arrived at the station and got on the train , and by half-past nine we were in Strelsau . |
| 18 | A powerful urge told me to return to the station and get on the train back to Jamila 's place . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a growing number of people who see cohabitation as a complete alternative to the married state — particularly among well-educated women with promising careers , who regard the more traditional role of wife as getting in the way . |
| 20 | Some people , brought up in the expectation of forging a career and getting near the top if not right to the top in their profession , may be deeply committed to their work . |
| 21 | Yes what er happened , th there was erm erm er the radioactive cloud that came up was swept by the winds around the world and in fact as it went over the United Kingdom er it happened to rain on er Cumbria and North Wales so some of this radioactivity was brought down , it settled on the grass and got into the soil . |
| 22 | Only too conscious of the depth of passion simmering in him , and conscious too of her crumbling resistance and his vow that nothing would happen that she did n't initiate , she took a deep , shaky breath and got into the car , shutting the door firmly behind her . |
| 23 | They waved goodbye at the door and got into the Jaguar well pleased at the chunk which had been taken out of the Guinness Mahon share mountain . |
| 24 | We made it round the side of the house , unlocked the back door and got into the street behind . |
| 25 | And I used to like the gates , where because sit on it , get on the gate and get on the horse 's back . |
| 26 | I do n't know ; the sort of thing that gets into the back of the Eye . |
| 27 | You are at your best unravelling the strands of a mystery and getting to the bottom of why people have been behaving strangely . |
| 28 | ‘ Hopefully , it will help to remove the awful stigma that gets in the way of people seeking treatment . ’ |
| 29 | With the walls collapsing around them , however , many are urging that Newport forget history and get into the market place — or accept perpetual mediocrity . |
| 30 | ‘ Now I want him to have more shots on goal and get on the end of more chances . ’ |