Example sentences of "to get over the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 LA could try a number of strategies , such as assuming a missing or inserted phoneme , in order to get over the mislabelled portion .
2 Not so much to get over the final break-up of her relationship with Paul — that had been inevitable , she realised that now .
3 On the phone from Canada , he jokes that one of the reasons he got involved was to get over the abortive attempts by Hollywood to film one of his scripts .
4 The whole secret is to get over the first round and then improve your display for the next game . ’
5 I need time and space not just to get over the appalling things which have happened to me in which you do not seem to show much interest but also to think through where the two of us are at .
6 But to get over the main ideas , we will consider just two plates , and the margins between them : the East Pacific Plate and the South American-Atlantic Plate .
7 Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock .
8 Sole contender to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt in a huge pile-up in 1967 , the moderate , blinkered Foinavon held on to his unexpected lead all the way to the winning post , seven lonely fences later , to beat Honey End with Red Alligator , who won it next year , third .
9 Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt .
10 It will do you good , help you to get over the bad time you 've just had . ’
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