Example sentences of "get the [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firemen got the man out within 15 minutes of their arrival . |
| 2 | In February 1912 the majority was down to fifty or sixty ; in June the Unionists made their first real attempt to " snap " the government and got the majority down to twenty-two . |
| 3 | ‘ It got the bullying over with quicker . |
| 4 | But Nicholas Knight and Don Topley got the target down to six off the last over , and Knight hit the first ball into the crowd . |
| 5 | Sabine got the seatbelt off at last , and heaved and dragged the woman , arms and legs trailing , clear of the car . |
| 6 | ( Owner ) why 's he got the blanket on in this weather ? |
| 7 | I have n't got the aerial up after all that I . |
| 8 | but it keeps We 've got the television over in this corner |
| 9 | Like most slippery performance aircraft it is essential to bring the power back , get the speed back with some flap and the undercarriage down before starting the approach . |
| 10 | I wonder if he ever gets the beast out of second gear . |
| 11 | ‘ They are naturally excited about getting the championship back after 33 years , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The importance of stopping smoking needs to be very strongly emphasised , as well as the advisability of sticking to a low animal fat diet for the future , of getting the weight down to normal and of taking those measures necessary to reduce blood pressure to an ideal level , i.e. reducing salt and alcohol intake , keeping the weight normal , taking regular exercise and avoiding anger . |
| 13 | The only hope for a pessimist like Law was to " get the train on to other lines " — to focus the attention on the national unity of Britain rather than on internal divisions ; in other words to emulate Germany rather than France . |
| 14 | Nicholas had a suddenly furious need to get the boy out of this place . |
| 15 | MITI had hoped to get the legislation through by next month , but it now looks as if it will have to wait until autumn before the ministries have talked it over . |
| 16 | T hat day they had tried , without success , electric shock treatment to try to get the heart back into normal rhythm . |
| 17 | Yeah , I just want to get the emphasis back onto that one first , and the products , we accepted it and we 've got to live with it at some point in time , but the longer I can put that off , the better . |
| 18 | You had to get the head in between young fingers and just pluck the head … |
| 19 | It seems to me there is no other way to get the message over to some of the morons out there . |
| 20 | How are we going to get the investment up for nineteen ninety-two ? |