Example sentences of "get [adv prt] [prep] the [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 He got through to the base camp to find out when the chap was coming to fix it .
9 Captain Budd got through to the police station by telephone , only to be told that the constabulary had the situation well in hand .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 ‘ What have you got on under the leather stuff ? ’
13 ‘ We 've got down to the stone foundation , ’ Nigel said .
14 I found a small but perfectly-formed hailstone on my knee , which must have got in through the air vent .
15 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 …
16 And you could use the calculator if you like try it , try it first with the , all the different ones that you 've got out of the factor tree .
17 Mick , who seemed to have disappeared , got out of the driving seat of the leader 's car and a young attractive French woman emerged from the passenger side to stretch her legs .
18 But she had got out of the dining room too fast for it to happen .
19 Should have got out after the Steiner incident .
20 Nelson had planned to take her to town , but when they got up to the car park he could n't get his car to start .
21 He thought he would not begin on all that , so he got up from the kitchen table .
22 Kitty slouched off again while Charlie got up from the kitchen table carrying the remainder of the pie in his fingers .
23 Dan got up from the breakfast bar .
24 You get on with the noise machine please .
25 Back along with the back to what you would call the sea crossing er to and get on to the Rousay pier then and get a dinghy or something and row across to Wyre .
26 In any large , structured company , some people are better motivators and better at getting on with the work force than others .
27 ‘ How are you getting on with the family history ? ’
28 Getting on in the art world has a lot to do with having the right contacts . ’
29 Cancel the wedding or the holiday , sell the theatre/football/movie tickets , put the dog in kennels and get down to the Wembley Exhibition Centre … sharpish !
30 What we are saying there are other emergencies and I get down to the word loneliness now is there any reason why senior citizens should n't have the facility whereby they can make telephone calls if those , they so desire , to members of the family who in many instances they have n't seen for long periods of time ?
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