Example sentences of "his [noun] to get [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 2 | But Niki 's tyres were going fast : worn by all his attempts to get past Tambay . |
| 3 | Continually frustrated in his attempts to get past Cardiff , Gilbert exploded in rage . |
| 4 | A prodigious runner , Mehew 's pace and fitness give Rovers the appearance of playing 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 at the same time and his willingness to get into the penalty area has brought him four goals already this season . |
| 5 | His willingness to get into the crowds earned points . |
| 6 | Some scientific ‘ wets ’ will not want to soil their hands with ‘ blood money ’ ; but in these days of financial stringency , every professor owes it to his department to get in there and pitch for Pentagon pennies . |
| 7 | Michael Winner , on whose original story Likely Lads TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais based their script , had discovered , while studying at Cambridge University , a legal loophole that meant that ‘ borrowing ’ bicycles from his college to get to the office of the student newspaper Varsity , which he edited , did not constitute theft , although he was gated and sent down for two weeks . |
| 8 | Yet that was the hour at which Fen had called her , telling her of his intention to get under way . |
| 9 | He sold his home to get on the grid … when no-one it seems except Nigel thought he had any talent … he roared into formula one with the old Lotus team … |
| 10 | A second attempt by Admiral Rodney to attack the transports at Le Havre had found the defences there too strong for his bomb-vessels to get within range , while a storm off Dunkirk had enabled a French squadron shut up in the port to make its escape . |
| 11 | But the ball cannoned into a tree , back on to the course and he salvaged his par to get into the play-off . |
| 12 | It seemed likely that his desire to get into space was a personal one , rather than a blind urge to serve his motherland . |
| 13 | Earlier today Mr Probyn made an emotional plea for his wife to get in touch : |
| 14 | The irony is primarily at the expense of Mrs Moreen ( a lady less refined than she would like to appear ) , and secondarily at the expense of Pemberton ( whom we smile at and with over his impotence to get at the information he wants ) . |
| 15 | Cawthorne had had to duck his head to get in there , but he 'd left the door wide open . |
| 16 | It started to get out of proportion in that he , Ray has been talking to him about the impact of the summer season in Scarborough in terms of how long it takes his staff to get from A to B. |
| 17 | An elderly man with camping equipment hurls his rucksack over the crowd into the doorway , for there is not enough room for him and his luggage to get through the stampede . |
| 18 | Such was his hurry to get into the clubhouse from the 18th green that he was almost bowling people over in his haste and later he admitted to feeling ‘ very down ’ , still trying to get over his first round of 76 when ‘ everything went wrong ’ . |
| 19 | These enabled his pupils to get off the ground and many began imitating the set of motifs he introduced into his illustrations . |
| 20 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 21 | The Nigerian who is six feet four inches tall , tells me about his audition to get into this college . |
| 22 | He was pretty confident about his ability to get into the rooms in the first place , Loretta noted . |