Example sentences of "[pers pn] can get [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wan na know how much I can get for that thing though . |
| 2 | If I can navigate my way around Heathrow airport , I can get to downtown Venice . ’ |
| 3 | If I can get through this season and maybe onto the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand , then I would hope to be in a position to start having a big influence on matches , rather than just reacting to events as they happen ’ . |
| 4 | Maybe now I can get at this business of amor as of Ezra , and get at it right . |
| 5 | If I can get across this road and the bridge I 'll take you over the other side and you might be able see the big tree trunk better . |
| 6 | It was as easy as anything , and for a long time I , I felt well at least I can get in that way and then I thought oh maybe I should , you know doing , doing anything about it , but now I always go out of the other door |
| 7 | What amazes me is how often they 'll say to me ‘ Thank you very much for treating me like a human being ’ because however drunk they are in the churchyard I always believe that you 're much more likely to get somewhere with somebody if you are polite and kind to them and treat them like a real human being , and you can get into all sorts of fascinating conversations with these people even when they are fairly drunk , because actually they are real human beings , they are n't awful people . |
| 8 | In Darlington , where the Neighbourhood Watch scheme is supposed to be the biggest catch all since the trawl net was invented and where you can get into terrible trouble for suggesting there might be holes in the net the number of burglaries from houses has increased by 25pc in a year . |
| 9 | Not least because there are n't any left apart from the two you can get through this column by answering the question : Which role did Alan Rickman play in the film Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves ? |
| 10 | You also might find situations in which you can get on public transport without paying . |
| 11 | Stomping around the 40-odd screens that make up the playing area , solving puzzles and avoiding the numerous nasties , is as absorbing as you can get for four pounds . |
| 12 | Quite simply , if you can get to Central London , you can get to Eastern Europe . |
| 13 | Quite simply , if you can get to Central London , you can get to Eastern Europe . |
| 14 | And I hoped the Corporal had noticed I 'd said ‘ you can get to high ground ’ and not ‘ we can get to high ground ’ . |
| 15 | But this is probably as big a book as you can get in one volume , which we wanted , we wanted a single volume handy desk top encyclopaedia . |
| 16 | You can get in another hour 's sleep . " |
| 17 | Many manufacturers produce pine or pine-effect units , but none will give the easy-on-the-eye , mellow effect that you can get from old pine . |
| 18 | ‘ Go and get it , so as we can get into that zoo . ’ |
| 19 | " No , we need to cross the river , Hazel , so that we can get into those fields — and on beyond them too . |
| 20 | ‘ We can get through that hound flap , ’ screamed Molly , and pointed ahead . |
| 21 | So that 's what , that 's the way I 'm hoping that we can proceed , as I say , yes with your assistance and then if we can get through that business , then equally tomorrow morning , we 'll be doing a similar thing , we we 'll issue another revised programme which will er take in some of the outstanding stuff that 's fell off . |
| 22 | On the other hand , you will have gathered already that we are going to talk about Greater York , so I think there may be some distinct benefit and merit in you being he here to listen to that , er particular part of the topic , now the , I hope in fact that we can deal with the remainder of H One , because it it does lead quite logically into the next issue which we want to talk about , which is the new settlement in the Greater York area , er and I hope that we can get through this item by our morning break , that but whenever we do conclude on H One we will have to have a slightly longer break just to enable the seating arrangements to be sorted out properly for all participants who are involved in the discussion on the new settlement . |
| 23 | But much more bridging research in this field is needed so that we can get beyond pious exhortation to tested procedures that have been shown to work in the classroom as well as in the laboratory . |
| 24 | Will you please ask the Commissioner to ensure that the Sessional Order is given the highest priority so that we can get to this place without being obstructed by coaches ? |
| 25 | And I hoped the Corporal had noticed I 'd said ‘ you can get to high ground ’ and not ‘ we can get to high ground ’ . |
| 26 | If we talk to people only enough to get the job done , we miss out on the added pleasure we can get from developing relationships at work . |
| 27 | Now shall we see what we can get in this bag ? |
| 28 | Without the recession it would be higher but we must be thankful for what we can get in these times when other railways are reporting reductions of up to 20 percent . |
| 29 | All they can get from other people is advice , and not instruction . |
| 30 | ‘ See that Bill , ’ Yanto remarked , ‘ he can get to any part of his garden without stepping on dirt once . ’ |