Example sentences of "to get at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard . |
| 2 | Perhaps , with its powerful jaws , it also routinely crunched up bones of dead carcasses to get at the marrow , a scavenger-cum-predator like today 's lion or hyaena . |
| 3 | When he removed the crates to get at the tarpaulin he realized it was covering something , further stimulating his interest . |
| 4 | These must be easy to reach — some designs push the drive cage against the motherboard , making it difficult to get at the drive 's screws . |
| 5 | A bloke who was trying to get at the tomato purée gave him rather an odd look , but Quigley was not bothered . |
| 6 | The TRAGEDIANS demur , trying to get at the coin . |
| 7 | She tells him about the street she was brought up in , its granular asphalt pavement ridged with long wavering bulges where they had been dug up to get at the gas and water mains , and overhung by waterfalls of laburnum , with front gardens marked off by low walls , some of them in crenellated brickwork , some in pebble-dash with decorative chains dipping above them that you could set swinging , one after another , as you walked by . |
| 8 | Gabo , Moore and Hepworth took sections and punched holes to get at the space within . |
| 9 | When you need to get at the space under floorboards , some kind of tool for lifting the floorboard is essential . |
| 10 | No more was heard for a while about how the Masai were straining to get at the Kikuyu . |
| 11 | According to the consortium proposing the mine , digging an open pit is the only way to get at the tungsten , which is embedded as a wolframite ( iron manganese tungstenate ) in a deposit of granite . |
| 12 | As they do not actually devour the tissue but merely pierce through the skin to get at the sap inside , the problem of making contact can become a little more difficult . |
| 13 | But have you got a form or something to get at the garage ? |
| 14 | He had fought hard over the year of her suspension to have her case dealt with speedily , and to get at the truth behind the allegations . |
| 15 | What seems objectionable in Matza 's argument is that he clearly believes there is a ‘ hierarchy ’ of stances in relation to deviance , not just alternatives : the appreciative stance is portrayed as superior to either the romantic or the correctionalist in that it is inherently more likely to get at the truth . |
| 16 | Not only does this mean that you are more likely to get at the truth , but it is also likely to be more fruitful for whatever purpose you have in mind . |
| 17 | Children need to know what to do in these cases if they are to get at the truth , and they also need to be shown that print is not necessarily infallible . |
| 18 | The crude facts about the tyrannies are easily stated ; it is harder to get at the truth about what the tyrannies were like . |
| 19 | This kind of thing , what has been called the ‘ roving anecdote ’ , makes it easy to recognize the tyrannical or other type , hard to get at the truth about an individual . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm just trying to get at the truth , ’ soothed Blanche . |
| 21 | ‘ If it 's so easy for Rain Morgan of the Daily Post to get at the truth , it 's a secret which ca n't be kept . ’ |
| 22 | When evening came I was afraid I could n't trust her , because I did n't know how much you suspected , what clever questions you might have to get at the truth . ’ |
| 23 | They refused to examine particular complaints or cases , did not examine branch files and did not interview rank-and-file officers ; in other words , they did none of the things that would have had to be done to get at the truth . |
| 24 | This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't realise I 'd be going round treading on people 's corns to get at the truth ! ’ |
| 26 | No other country has yet investigated the link all sides anxious to get at the truth . |
| 27 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 28 | You never guess what I did n't , forgot to get at the shop . |
| 29 | need to get at the front of it look , sit down , pull your trousers down further , that 's it |
| 30 | You will just need to uudecode the following file called champs to get at the gif called leeds2.gif . |