Example sentences of "to get [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
| 2 | In reality , few farmers wear complete protection at the tank , and the operation is so messy that liquid is bound to get on the smallest area of exposed skin . |
| 3 | ‘ Far from abandoning skiing this winter — skiers will be able to get to the best resorts , ’ said a Thomson spokesman . |
| 4 | If the thought of a lengthy moorland return is unappealing , an alternative way to get to the best of the escarpment in a shorter time is to start from a parking area near a prominent standing stone on the unclassified road to Trecastle . |
| 5 | We 've got to cross the river to get to the nearest shop which is about two miles away ; and in the winter when the weather is bad we 're more or less cut off . |
| 6 | One of the problems faced by rural communities like Northleach is the distance unemployed people have to travel to get to the nearest Jobcentre . |
| 7 | It would be very difficult even to get to the nearest start . |