Example sentences of "they get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rafts wo n't win any design awards , but they get across the lake . |
| 2 | When they get to the hotel have someone to greet them , someone who knows names , and can help with transport , luggage , the pre-registration formalities . |
| 3 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 4 | The pupils who do complain usually retract their allegations long before they get to the state where the teacher might be held to account . |
| 5 | ( They try ‘ West End Girls ’ but as they get to the line about The Finland Station , Wayne somersaults over the keyboard , does that crap dance that vaudevillians do where they move their hands across their knees , makes a shadow puppet of a seagull in the beam of one of the lasers , does the hitch-hike from Saturday Night Fever , and gobs on Derek Jarman . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope they get to the top , but it will be difficult . ’ |
| 7 | Pupils follow either the ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ road until they get to the next question . |
| 8 | The lower they go , the closer they get to the point where even a small amount of cheating could upset the balance alarmingly . |
| 9 | He ensures that they get to the best conferences and from time to time will organize his own , bringing in the best speakers . |
| 10 | In the past , in the past these children would be so severely mentally handicapped that they could n't lead a normal life , but if , if your able to control this disease and bring them up intellectually normal so that they 're like everybody else , they 're going to have the same life expectation and hopes and aspirations as the best , that 's the best of us , and what do women do when they get to the |
| 11 | These questions are important ones , because they get to the heart of our concern about higher education . |
| 12 | They get to the stage where they 've clogged themselves up with the the by-products , so part of making a battery is trying to design it so it does n't clog itself up . |
| 13 | I think it would be much more effective if the one who was meant to be the hardhat and who might be expected to let the other one drown in fact saves the other one even though he thinks his ideas about the Indians and his plan to baptise them when they get to the Orinoco are blasphemous . |
| 14 | By the time they get to the fourth form there are very few black pupils who are not mingling largely with black pupils . |
| 15 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 16 | They have all seen the game on TV , they know that if they get to the table they can build big breaks and if you make one mistake they go for your jugular . |
| 17 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 18 | If you can hear me you must be within five or six miles of them but if they get to the Motorway first they 'll be able to lose you . |
| 19 | It 's often easier for children if you make the choice on their behalf , and it saves time if they know the groups they 're going to work in before they get to the hall or drama space . |
| 20 | The following diagram should illustrate through a simplified example : Inhabitants of Caloria Inhabitants of Frigorix Good at fishing Grow crops Reliant on fossil fuels Use solar power for all machinery When they get to the new planet , Terra Nova , they find that the fish are abundant , but the soil wo n't support crops ; although the sun shines , there are no fossil fuels — so if the groups are going to survive they will need to share their technology and skills . |
| 21 | That new Brian Deane song is getting sung again , but I still do n't know it cos you never realise it 's started till they get to the ‘ fuck Cantona ’ bit . |
| 22 | That type of thing , or they were A types and they learned to modify their behaviour , and survived or the A types are dead before they get to the top . |
| 23 | Under the new regime , the Ministry of Agriculture only tests animals when they get to the farm , if they 're told about it . |
| 24 | By the time they get to the pool his pupils have lost their anxiety . |
| 25 | In this modern Jurassic jungle so many live as singles in bedsitters , never even having a cup of coffee until after they get to the office . |
| 26 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 27 | really cheesed off yeah , they do n't make it , they get to the door and that 's it , and you think of what the hell |
| 28 | They get to the school sports and they say , where 's your dad ? |
| 29 | Always read your press releases through very carefully , possibly get somebody else to read them through , because they will pick up the spelling mistakes , the grammatical mistakes , the punctuation errors , and they will see , when they get to the end , and say , ‘ But you have n't told us when it is . ’ |
| 30 | When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’ |