Example sentences of "to get [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ So we made a plan to get ourselves off the ship , ’ Dr Livesey went on . |
2 | We 're in the Division there with them and we 've we 've got to try and win enough of them to get ourselves into a charging position . |
3 | Twenty-ninth August — the German Army has managed to get itself across the Seine and , according to the news at the Brigade H.Q , 4th Commando Brigade has joined in the pursuit . |
4 | If only the population could just manage , by random drift , to get itself over the knife-edge , it could coast down the slope to the Tit for Tat side , and everyone would do much better at the banker 's ( or ‘ nature 's ’ ) expense . |
5 | For the Conservative party which is in essence a party of power , huge historic perspective , huge experience of power , ever to get itself in a position where it 's perceived to be struggling to the point of self destruction , would have its political consequences and they would be dire . |
6 | He said : ‘ It 's lonely being a long way ahead so you have to get youself into a cocoon to protect yourself from the thoughts that can trouble your mind . ’ |
7 | Robyn headed the jeep up the by now familiar track to the barn and tried to get herself into the right frame of mind . |
8 | Personally , I 'd tell her to get herself down the road in double-quick time . ’ |
9 | But she would n't be here and , as the taxi went on ever upwards so Fabia tried to get herself in a frame of mind where she could deal cheerfully with Lubor 's banter . |
10 | According to Major-General John Strawson 's A History of the S.A.S. Regiment , its soldiers had to get themselves to the target ‘ by any means from submarine to caique ’ . |
11 | The nature of the marketing process may have to vary with customer size ; paint manufacturers will for instance have to get themselves onto a list of approved contractors before they can even bid for orders to major customers such as the railways or car manufacturers . |
12 | Some people will resort to games in order to get themselves off the hook or to put down another person . |
13 | They do n't need chariots with wings to get themselves up the stairs . |
14 | I 'm perfectly happy to plead a two-year-old 's birthday and then wiggle , flatter and schmooze to get myself off the hook . |
15 | Well as I actually had to going round the corner , to get myself round the corner , I had to come off the brake and onto the accelerator |
16 | ‘ It 's so awfully difficult — I 'd be bound to get myself in a muddle trying to explain myself . ’ |
17 | Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away . |
18 | It 's a great mistake to get yourself into a state of nervous excitement all the time … nobody should ever overdo it you know … you should read Jane Austen and then you 'll feel better . |
19 | Just a little longer to get oneself into the right frame of mind , run over the right casual , uncommitted phrases . |