Example sentences of "to get [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I notice now , lately it , er you know the last few years some of the things you used to get as a treat abroad and now here |
| 2 | it reminded me of one of those plastic haircuts you used to get as a kid for the legoland men . |
| 3 | Imagine when you go on holiday , what other things are you hoping to get as a result of it ? |
| 4 | What other things do you think you would hope to get as a result of your holiday ? |
| 5 | Place a candle on a table , well out of the way of draughts , and encourage partygoers to get about a foot away from it . |
| 6 | These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back . |
| 7 | For example , the cost of ramps and other modifications to enable a paraplegic to get about the house may even reduce the capital value of the house . |
| 8 | The psycho-therapist , social worker or social reformer , concerned only with his own clients and their grievance against society , perhaps takes a view comparable to the private citizen of Venice who concerns himself only with the safety of his own dwelling and his own ability to get about the city . |
| 9 | The more those kids were deprived and maltreated , the more motivated they would be to get aboard the enterprise culture and start creating wealth . |
| 10 | One dog may then try to get between the herd and the straggler , and try to drive it towards the rest of the pack . |
| 11 | But in the end when he went back she was asleep , and he did n't wake her because there were few enough hours before dawn , and he had to get through a day — a series of days — that would put to the test the most dangerous set of manoeuvres he had ever conducted . |
| 12 | Have you ever started to speak and found yourself having to stop and take short breaths just to get through a sentence ? |
| 13 | He also smoked the cigarettes Zborowski provided as part of the contract and managed to get through a bottle of wine . |
| 14 | I 've never even managed to get through a job interview , even if it 's a woman doing the interviewing ; I just have this feeling that she is looking at me and judging me for all the wrong reasons . |
| 15 | And we know that it 's easier to get through a hospital now , appointment times are met , there 's less anonymity and more explanation to the patient of what 's happening next — the fact that we do know this because of surveys and face-to-face interviews itself comes from a culture of establishing objectives that matter . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm not 100% fit yet and my initial aim was just to get through a game , but I 'm not philosophical in that situation . |
| 17 | She has to get through a lot of work but always accept interruptions . |
| 18 | ‘ And that I have had to get through a lot of long silences with both of you . ’ |
| 19 | Rupert does , I think tend to get through a hell of a lot of milk . |
| 20 | ‘ The strength of the personal relationship with our account manager has allowed us to get through a number of fairly serious problems , ’ says Mr Miller , who believes the owners of small businesses need to make extra efforts to communicate with their bankers during hard times . |
| 21 | It was hard to get through every show . |
| 22 | It would not have been possible for the Government of 1945-51 to get through the legislation if they had faced the delaying tactics that have characterised the progress of Bills in the past 11 to 12 years . |
| 23 | She is imprisoned within massive earthen walls from which she can never escape for her body is far too big to get through the passages that lead to it . |
| 24 | Consumption of drinks and drugs go up : alcohol consumption can increase — maybe to a second scotch before dinner , maybe to two Special Brews to get through the afternoon and a bottle of wine every evening ; smoking can increase , as can the consumption of tea and coffee — even though these are physical stimulants ( and can therefore mimic anxiety ) rather than relaxants . |
| 25 | At lunchtime the aid started going off and I suddenly realised that I was n't going to get through the afternoon — ’ |
| 26 | Any weeds that are able to get through the cover are knocked over , but the important purposes for keeping the mulch jostled about are air penetration and the prevention of rain run-off from a packed surface . |
| 27 | ‘ David did very , very well to get through the Turkey game the way he did and if you were not aware that he had this problem with his knee , you would n't have known it was there . |
| 28 | I sank into a squashy chair not caring whether we were on fire or not , it had to get through the water first . |
| 29 | She would have to be an H-M exec to get through the DeLorean 's brain , and unseal the system . |
| 30 | The Hurricanes had to be shorn of their wings to get through the tunnel but the Fulmars went through with wings folded . |