Example sentences of "[vb mod] never get [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll never get over the grief of that wound .
2 She says she 'll never get over the loss .
3 Oh , you 'll never get through the week then with ten pounds .
4 I 'll never get to the lavatory .
5 ‘ We 'll never get to the stile , ’ gasped Billy and prepared to turn and face the animal .
6 If dad starts looking through there he 'll never get down the street .
7 He 'll never get in the way of this , never complaining that " things are too difficult " , never creating barriers in the way of helping them .
8 She 'd never get through the ordeal without cracking up completely .
9 I could never get over the transformation of the vast auditorium by the dimming of the lights , the beautiful changes of colour on the curtains , and the anticipation brought on by the roaring lion , the muscle man with his gong the snow capped mountain , the searchlights probing the 20th Century .
10 I imagined the whole business of running to the wire , and setting up the ladder a thousand times , but I could never get beyond the point when I set my foot on the bottom rung .
11 The Def Leppard singer , at No 10 with Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , admits : ‘ I could never get into a plane and smash things up like some stars do .
12 ‘ Because he stayed in the bath too long and got shrunk , ’ said his grandad , who could never get into the bathroom when he wanted to because William or his mum were usually there , her in the bath or him on the lavatory reading a comic , which was one of his little pleasures in life .
13 Mendip Express , who was winning his 37th race , started at slight odds against , thanks to strong local support for Burannpour , who could never get in a blow at the leader once Miss Dare decided to go .
14 He wanted to hit a 4-iron but I thought that would never get to the hole .
15 She knew that as surely as she knew she would never get to the rave in Woodham Woods .
16 As his wife had pointed out tartly , on many occasions , she herself would never get through a quarter of her work if she indulged herself in such idleness .
17 You would never get across the door for a start .
18 But institutional investors ' reaction so far has been unenthusiastic or even hostile , and without their support the APB 's ideas will never get off the ground .
19 He smiled a slow smile and pointed out callously , ‘ The chances are that your business will never get off the ground and I 'll end up cheated of the money you owe me . ’
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