Example sentences of "get [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was perfectly possible to see how Billy could have vaulted the fence , got on to the kitchen roof via one of the barrels and from there on to the main roof and all the connecting ones down to Sunil 's house .
2 I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office .
3 We got on to the LRDG ration scale which was different from the rest of the army .
4 I got in through the back gate without being challenged .
5 Somebody 'd broke in , got in through the bedroom winder .
6 The Welsh international Dean Saunders also got in on the hat-trick act as Derby County overturned a 2-1 deficit against Cambridge United with a 5-0 victory to leave them 6-2 overall winners .
7 After just two days on the market , the software group has shot up from 70p to 113p — great news for the institutions who got in on the ground floor .
8 I got together with a school friend when I was 12 — I 'd just started playing guitar — and we played Beatles and Stones numbers , but then he got hold of a Muddy Waters album and that just blew us away !
9 A group of directors and employees got together for a discussion group and the resulting lively debate was recorded on a video currently doing the rounds of BNFL sites .
10 The less fortunate among them , like Nicholson and Robert Towne , Charles Eastman , the writers , and Monte Hellman , the director , got together in a play group and literally built their own theatre , stealing timber from building sites for their scenery ; they ripped a toilet from a petrol station and lighting and electronics were similarly acquired .
11 The 1990 Dinner was held on Saturday 22 September when 28 people got together in the Reception bar of the Private Dining Room suite in University House before proceeding to enjoy an excellent meal in the pleasant setting of PDR4 .
12 He got through to the base camp to find out when the chap was coming to fix it .
13 Captain Budd got through to the police station by telephone , only to be told that the constabulary had the situation well in hand .
14 She rang the Sunday Herald number , placating her conscience with the thought that she might not have time to ring Tracey that evening after all ; but when she got through to the news desk , she discovered that he had taken the shuttle to Glasgow the morning before .
15 which I think there were four competitors , one of whom got through to the district final and eventually to the national final that John is going to on Saturday .
16 Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds .
17 Erm I know there had been occasion when we had people sleeping on the the stairway and you know , I think occasionally and but I think sometimes that was maybe somebody got home from a blues party , and had too much to drink or something , and they came into the warm , the heat w from the the downstairs flat , er k comes up on the stairwell , and I know there was someone sleeping there .
18 Over the last seven months , Lawrence has quietly got on with a rebuilding job at Ayresome Park .
19 ‘ What have you got on under the leather stuff ? ’
20 ‘ We 've got down to the stone foundation , ’ Nigel said .
21 Two robbers both with guns had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him .
22 Two robbers , both with guns , had got in through a kitchen window and were threatening to kill him .
23 They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station .
24 I found a small but perfectly-formed hailstone on my knee , which must have got in through the air vent .
25 I ca n't believe it either , the BBC has got much over the crimble period all of there coverage is tailored to the scum — in fact the last match featured on MOTD that did n't involve them was us vs Arse .
26 I ca n't believe it either , the BBC has got much over the crimble period all of there coverage is tailored to the scum — in fact the last match featured on MOTD that did n't involve them was us vs Arse .
27 A GANG of professional thieves who staked out a house in Bentworth last week got away with a £20,000 caravan .
28 Ticket sales for this year 's Ryedale Festival have got off to a record start with more than £16,000 netted in the first three weeks and some events are already sold out , says director Geoffrey Emmerson .
29 Miller 's career in management had got off to a whirlwind start .
30 A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window …
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