Example sentences of "can get [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a ) Only a small proportion of the sun 's UV rays can penetrate the ozone layer in the stratosphere. b ) Some CFCs destroy ozone making a hole and also thinning the ozone layer so large amounts of UV radiation can get through to the Earth . |
| 2 | It makes far more sense to do two for the first day , then you can judge how many you can get through in a day from those two . |
| 3 | And you think about this for a while — how a 72-year-old man can get away with a storyline that rappers 50 years his junior would get a battering for . |
| 4 | You can get away with a lot of things at Oxford , but disappearing off the face of the earth just before term starts is not one of them . |
| 5 | Saddam Hussein is wondering whether he can get away with an assault on the Kurds of northern Iraq . |
| 6 | The reclusive Inspector Morse star has bought the £425,000 Cotswold stone retreat in Luckington , Wilts , so he and his wife , actress Sheila Hancock , can get away from the hurly-burly of London . |
| 7 | As a matter of fact there 's pride , pride in that a picture can get away from the lollipops and still be inoffensive and commercially pleasing . |
| 8 | ‘ If you just clear your little bits and pieces off the floor I can get round with the vacuum . ’ |
| 9 | However , the faster we can get ahead with the Development Project the better . |
| 10 | They can get closer to the truth . |
| 11 | The accident happened two years ago — the victims families say it 's time the insurers paid up , so they can get on with the rest of their lives . |
| 12 | It 's only when you 've put yourself second and the message first that you can get on with the business of communication . |
| 13 | We need organization , and the central purpose of this book is to lay out an account of the nature of the social systems and processes so that we can get on with the job . |
| 14 | I have done my best to give as much time as possible to the debate yesterday and today , including making my answers to business questions as short as possible so that we can get on with the debate . |
| 15 | Then they can get on with the jobs they are paid for . ’ |
| 16 | she can get on for an hour |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm thinking of the sort of attitude that suggests the unemployed do too little to help themselves , that if only you have determination and drive you can get on in the world . ’ |
| 18 | Via your satellite receiver you can get up to the minute teletext plus superb stereo radio . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't take your friend 's dog out but you can get up at the crack of dawn to set your hair . ’ |
| 20 | Once the tantrum or violence has calmed down and the child has stopped fighting and crying he or she can get up off the chair . |
| 21 | We can get in through the zippers . ’ |
| 22 | And two late passes a week and when you 've had those you can get in through the pantry window if the front door 's been locked . ’ |
| 23 | Now anyone can get in on a Wednesday with $8 and a business card . |
| 24 | What 's more , there will be three of them , so your club 's second and third teams can get in on the act as well . |
| 25 | Usually , these are sold in bulk to a dealer who can handle large quantities but it is worth trying to do a deal on smaller quantities if you can get in on the ground floor , so to speak . |
| 26 | ‘ Let's see if we can get in from the inside as this door is either seized up or securely locked . ’ |
| 27 | You have to wash the car remember , we can get off by the car . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think I can get home without a guide , ’ I said politely . |
| 29 | Give us a quid , Malcolm , I said , so I can get home in the morning . |
| 30 | When I travelled across to the other side of the island , I could see the other islands , and I said to myself , ‘ Perhaps I can get there with a boat . |