Example sentences of "[prep] be get out " in BNC.

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1 All she was interested in was getting out and getting laid .
2 Where it is seen by work colleagues to be getting out of kilter , informal controls can be used to restore equilibrium .
3 When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it .
4 Live well with all creatures is an apt dictum for today , because we seem as humans to be getting out of balance with the rest of the world 's occupants .
5 My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight .
6 What is alarming , however , is that the whole system appears to be getting out of balance .
7 If it burned in a blue equilateral triangle , there was 2½ per cent methane in the air and ‘ the men had to be gotten out ’ .
8 Whatever this is about , there 'll be a great deal of pleasure to be got out of telling the tale around afterward .
9 ‘ If there is a particularly nasty piece of business to be got out of the way , a quick dose of this will bring it to a head quickly .
10 Well , whoever the Substitute turned out to be , he was going to be got out of bed at quarter to six whether he liked it or not .
11 ‘ 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 . ’
12 The first misconception to be got out of the way is that object-oriented Cobol is a new language with a spurious affinity to the ANSI ‘ 85 version .
13 No matter what the feelings of the bereaved , the body has to be got out of the way , buried or burned , and much of the richest information from earlier societies comes from the importance accorded to that act .
14 The blunt instrument obstinately refused to reveal itself and he doubted if there were any more revelations to be got out of anybody .
15 It 's wonderful to be back but it 's also very sad because a lot of people are still in Iraq and Kuwait and they need to be got out .
16 ‘ Because you 're sitting there , all beat up , in a real mess , ca n't even stand up , let alone walk , and all you can talk about is getting out of here .
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