Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the singularity theorems discussed earlier indicate that the gravitational field should get very strong in at least two situations , black holes and the big bang . |
| 2 | These voters often determine the outcome of statewide elections , and Texas politicos predict that they will do the same this time ; if not in the primary ( where the winner must get more than 50% of the vote , which is unlikely ) , then in the run-off in June . |
| 3 | If you have n't time to make all the figures yourself , a group from your knitting club might get together to make these as a shared gift . |
| 4 | Long before an enemy could get near enough to distinguish any glint of arms , the whole company could fold their belongings and slip away into the mountains at their back . |
| 5 | Anyway , before anyone from the crew of the boat could get ashore they saw two uniformed constables come down , and reckoned they 'd leave them to it . |
| 6 | Richmann glared back down the road at the settling dust , and seethed that two men with only a double-barrelled shotgun could get away from him . |
| 7 | All this had to be ripped out before any redecoration could get underway . |
| 8 | FARMERS who regularly lease out milk quota could get even higher prices from dairy companies after the milk board system is dissolved . |
| 9 | ‘ Our horse would get there before they do . ’ |
| 10 | Or even , when it was apparent that we were not going to get anywhere with the local government , the whole neighbourhood would get together on a Sunday to work putting in the drains or paving the streets . |
| 11 | With all eyes having been on the Government , Labour can get away with one conference like this one . |
| 12 | With a detached air , he wears down his opponents with pure skill and occasional showboating , the flashy moves that a clearly superior boxer can get away with . |
| 13 | When the rates of pay are this high , the fighting can get very dirty indeed . |
| 14 | To survive , a butterfly must get away from it — at least 25cm away if it is to be certain of living until morning . |
| 15 | At first the doctor was worried the boy would get too tired , but when he heard that Dickon would push the wheelchair , he agreed . |
| 16 | If Eastern Europe gets massive assistance it is logical to assume that the South will get less . |
| 17 | People who wanted a quick return will get less . |
| 18 | One type can get away with near murder , at least for a while , and still shed some weight . |
| 19 | Yet in the army , a person who admits to having raped a married woman whilst her husband was fighting to preserve peace can get away with it . |
| 20 | The decision based on a number of current offspring , larger numbers can be greater benefited with and therefore it 's more likely that if the parent had a lot of er offspring then he would continue with the investment and erm the conclusion from now is that males have a greater reproductive success , therefore they are more likely to desert because they can erm and erm this and erm the basic argument of this is one parent can get away with investing less share of erm resources they 're likely to spend more er then they 're to do it , so in other words erm if , if one of the , of the two is being to get away with having the other they can go out to er pursue their own and therefore erm each partner force the other to invest more . |
| 21 | It was the time when her mother took to the couch because she could n't stand the sight and sound of the hordes of women and children with their buckets , and the arranged fights among the urchins so that one or two of their gang could get away with some lumps of coal , which would make all the difference between having a fried meal or freezing both inside and out . |
| 22 | Couple of months , well couple of months ago we said , you know , we live close enough for goodness sake let's get together one night . |
| 23 | I have in mind a large ball , organised by and in aid of the Book Trade Benevolent Society ( since it failed to put on its annual Carol Service last month and did n't even bother to tell anyone ) , at which the whole book business could get together and celebrate the introduction of the new VAT regime as a way of warding off the post-Christmas blues . |
| 24 | A man who wished to resist such turning could insist on keeping to the subject ; and forceful men who had the character of genial good nature could get away with open rebuttal of this kind ; but not all people who interrupted with open rebuttals acquired or maintained that character . |
| 25 | and all was accurately , now if it was done really with the hope that the council and winder would get together and come to some decent arrangement and at the other side of er Lancaster er down by the |
| 26 | The deadline was the following day and the couriers could not guarantee that a floppy disk would get there in time . |
| 27 | The Community Care Support Force ( see pages 18–19 ) has completed its mission and left a legacy that difficult issues must not be fudged and that no one agency or interest group will get far alone . |
| 28 | The teacher can get together a small group to discuss problems . |
| 29 | He and his wife , both artists , renovated a house , sent their children to school there and have survived it , not only in the crowded summers , but in the chilly winters when the place can get as cold as the Cotswolds without the central heating . |
| 30 | As a matter of fact there 's pride , pride in that a picture can get away from the lollipops and still be inoffensive and commercially pleasing . |