Example sentences of "get [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do whatever you like , I 'm not saying go out and buy War and Peace , because you know , if you do n't , if you 're not into the habit of reading , you pick up War and Peace , and by the time you get through the first page , you say who are all these people ? |
| 2 | It 's a frustrating affair though — do n't think for a second that you can breeze through this game ; think yourself lucky if you get past the first few levels ! |
| 3 | There are high concentrations in the top fifteen inches , but when we get below the next layer , the concentrations become very much less and the ratio of the two concentrations does n't change very much . |
| 4 | The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber , in which we remain as long as we do not think … we no sooner get into the second Chamber , which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought , than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere , we see nothing but pleasant wonders , and think of delaying there for ever in delight . |
| 5 | ‘ If we get into the Second Division our objectives would change . |
| 6 | ‘ Then when we get into the First Division and do n't need Aussie players , the English guys will bring other English mates and the crowd problem is solved . ’ |
| 7 | It would be great to bounce back from a temporary aberration and get into the Third Division . |
| 8 | Because until G C S E you are fed , the school is fed , in that you are told fairly quickly what you have to do and although I know that a number of you spends the right amount of time or a lot of time on homework , you are told usually , er you have erm a night or two nights in which to do this particular piece of work now once you get into the sixth form |
| 9 | And to show you what the situation is er the world 's energy demand is very likely i i i is almost certain to increase er because of development in the world and also because of the growing population er that arrow is some sort of guess as to how the world er the demand for energy worldwide is likely to increase when you set that against the curves at the bottom which show the likely projections for oil and natural gas as you can see as we get into the next century those er fossil fuels , which we 've been using with gay abandon for many decades , will start to into er decline . |
| 10 | Walk right away until you get to the first window of Moe 's Tavern , collect the spray can and paint the cinema billboard ( stand to the right of the three aliens to do this ) . |
| 11 | Get to the second year and you get £30 . |
| 12 | Lopsided and vulnerable , he tried to climb the barrage and get to the second balloon . |
| 13 | Only when we get to the seventh paragraph of the story do we hear Benn 's statement to the court , which claims that the PC said : ‘ You black bastard , this will teach you to mess about with the police . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 16 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 17 | Pupils follow either the ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ road until they get to the next question . |
| 18 | but erm , we 'll , we 'll spend start the whole questions again when we get to the next one |
| 19 | Get to the next stanchion . |
| 20 | ‘ If you consider that out of the 1,800 listed companies the top 200 account for 85 per cent of the equity market by market capital , and that once you get to the next 100 companies like ourselves they already have comparatively few qualified people in the finance function , the addition of equally qualified internal audit people looks like overkill . ’ |
| 21 | By allowing the experiments you get to the next stage . |
| 22 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 23 | For instance , if I had written six songs , one on each record , that used the Not Of This Earth technique of one bass note , three chords , pitch axis , it would be quite boring at a concert when you get to the fourth one . |
| 24 | By the time they get to the fourth form there are very few black pupils who are not mingling largely with black pupils . |
| 25 | the more people we get on the first pass the better , so we do n't have to re ] excavate to make a connection at a later date . |
| 26 | Now for God 's sake let's go to the airport and get on the next flight home . ’ |
| 27 | Although education is compulsory from age seven to 14 in theory , almost half the children in public schools never get beyond the first year and only one per cent continue to higher education . |