Example sentences of "getting it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with delays in getting the bike to pieces , and in getting it through security , we arrived at boarding after the 15 min deadline and our seats had been given away . |
| 2 | Seventeen firemen fought the blaze for four hours before getting it under control . |
| 3 | But the case was dismissed because of delay in getting it to court . |
| 4 | It 's no great problem but I 'm not getting it on time . |
| 5 | And let's not forget that Waqar shot out the first four England batsmen in the second innings at The Oval with a new ball — and he was scarcely getting it off line . |
| 6 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 7 | We 'll kee got to keep on getting it in proportion that ninety nine percent of them have been done right and that 's as to the seven hundred tests in out of four point five billion , is very small numbers indeed so the vast majority of women can be reassured . |
| 8 | It is n't complicated or expensive , but it can take time — so it 's worth getting it in hand early on . |
| 9 | that 's more important we 're not getting it till end of month |