Example sentences of "their [noun sg] get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 2 | I can only assume that the crew of this barge were new to boating as their attempt to get by the bridge was reminiscent of ’ Game for a Laugh ’ . |
| 3 | The females move down from the cliffs , across the shingle to the breakers , scrambling over one another in their anxiety to get to the water . |
| 4 | A consequence of this may be to increase the dependence of the old people on others because they will need their help to get to the toilet and use it . |
| 5 | Some of these creatures were almost flying in their desire to get to the nomes . |
| 6 | Because people are so angry , they 're frustrated with the system and their anger gets in the way and it frightens people . |
| 7 | But in their hurry to get off the mountain , exhausted climbers have discarded tons of rubbish . |