Example sentences of "get [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 2 | They had halved the remaining distance to the burning yacht when Talbot got through to the radio-room again . |
| 3 | Aware of the constant potential threat from gangs of gunmen , their mission was to bring the food into the country and make sure it got through to the people most deserving of it . |
| 4 | It had been he himself , Lewis , who had finally got on to the man there who was in the process of completing the proofs for the forthcoming seminal opus entitled Pre-Conquest Craftsmanship in Southern Britain , by Theodore S. Kemp , MA , DPhil ; the man who had been closeted with Kemp that fateful morning , and who had confirmed that Kemp had not left the offices until about 12.30 p.m . |
| 5 | I think Shel 's got down to the beginning again ! |
| 6 | Clifford and another constable who was in the car got down to the foreshore as quickly as they could on the offchance that the man was alive and needed help , but they soon saw that he was n't . |
| 7 | Well I had n't got down to the R yet I had n't reached |
| 8 | I 'm only looking , I have n't even got down to the thing yet . |
| 9 | He had got down from the table half-way through tea and was sitting on a chair in the doorway , looking droopy and listless . |
| 10 | They 've got in on the shelves there . |
| 11 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 12 | ‘ I know they need to protect their client 's confidentiality but there are certainly many companies I would not consider working for and that ought to be got out of the way early on . ’ |
| 13 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 14 | And I got up on the wall right ? |
| 15 | I mean if anybody else just got up on the stage like he does and kicks his leg , kick like their leg like er like that they 'd boo him off ! |
| 16 | Phil got up from the bed abruptly and turned away with an awkward gesture — his usual response when he felt insulted . |
| 17 | As I crouched against the wall which offered some protection against the rain , the mortar team Corporal got up from the grass where he had been sitting and , crossing over to the small pile of H.E . |
| 18 | Willie got up from the table excitedly and moved towards them . |
| 19 | Auntie kindly offers me tea as well , but I 'm beginning to feel iffy myself , so excuse myself , go outside , and quietly get on with the clearing up . |
| 20 | Some of the courses I know , lecturers go drinking with the students and everything , but they 're all older , suits and ties and things , there 's nothing wrong with that , you just know them to be a lecturer and get on with the work rather than thinking , ‘ we had a nice drink last night , did n't we ? ’ |
| 21 | And you do n't have to wait , we ca n't wait until the end , he said but now is the harvest time , get on with the job now ! |
| 22 | Oh , and Kate — get on to the engineers again , will you ? |
| 23 | Someone get on to the police immediately ! ’ |
| 24 | Get on to the police straightaway . ’ |
| 25 | The person who gets on with the job instead of wasting time in chatter may show up the less zealous and cause the chatterers to feel vaguely guilty , which of course they wo n't like . |
| 26 | With the bike into the corner and turned , the rider is thinking of one thing only from now on — getting on to the throttle as soon as possible . |
| 27 | We get down to the nitty-gritty there really . |
| 28 | Get down to the shops now for the bargain of the century ! 99% |
| 29 | It said , if Labour get in to the government today , will the last person who leaves Britain please put the light out . |
| 30 | Once you get up on the roof then it 's euphoria , there 's anarchy reigning , you 're in the public eye , the sun 's shining , er and everyone 's quite happy for a day or so , but of course you get cold and a bit hungry , and er then the sort of import of what you face starts to come through . |