Example sentences of "[noun sg] get [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antagonism got you nowhere . |
| 2 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 3 | Rescue deal gets you home |
| 4 | Obviously mere talent gets you nowhere these days . |
| 5 | But Andy worked with the tone on tape to get it so it really came out . ’ |
| 6 | He was the first to concede that on occasions a judge got it wrong to the extent that a sentence was passed which was wholly unacceptable . |
| 7 | But while it may be appealing to the British public , I 'm not making it my life 's work to get it together . |
| 8 | Rows with the shop got him nowhere so he contacted DAS who wrote on his behalf claiming Breach of Contract and threatening to sue . |
| 9 | And he went staggering back and of course the horse trough got him here and he sat down in it . |
| 10 | If the caddie got it wrong more than twice , he was for the chop ! |
| 11 | Is the teacher getting it across ? … |
| 12 | He asked the director to get me away from him . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's Hickie Borman 's job to get you there , ’ John had said , naming her travel agents . |
| 14 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
| 15 | And they could find themselves with , you know , somebody asking for a thousand of an item and it 's well worth their while therefore , spending a bit of money getting it there . |
| 16 | Same old story getting it underneath cos they 're going higher up and underneath |
| 17 | Chettle gets it away . |
| 18 | Chettle gets it away to Rozario . |
| 19 | Hate gets you nowhere . |
| 20 | Er , Wi Wilson , er , did not seem to allow his father 's wit and criticism to get him as much as Freud had er , suggested . |
| 21 | He blew nearly a pound on a taxi to get them home in comfort , and she seemed glad to hold his hand . |
| 22 | A British team managed to reach one that , although it had been hooked several hours before , was still just living when its captor got it ashore . |
| 23 | Father got it more than once over the years . |
| 24 | A VET clipped the wings of a valuable parrot to stop it escaping — but when the owner got it home it flew off and was never seen again . |
| 25 | Polite letters of complaint get you nowhere . |
| 26 | Particularly as in to the west and south of York , the ten mile radius gets you very very close to Wetherby and very close to Selby , which are not areas which fall within the York housing market . |
| 27 | What became real to her was not Therese Aschmann , but the tiny diamond and garnet engagement ring Willi had bought in a shop at the back of St Stephen 's Cathedral , and Gerda 's delight , and the luck they had had in getting two cancellation seats at the Staatsoper for a performance of Figaro , and the elegance of their hotel , and the toy truck they had bought for Georg , which had been so large they 'd had trouble getting it home . |
| 28 | As her mother was fond of saying — it had taken a lot of trouble to get her this far , and this last little step was going to take a deal of organizing as well . |
| 29 | The quality of product delivered by BR management is experienced daily by the many thousands who travel to and from Waterloo , where the indicator boards are frequently inactive at peak travel time in the evening , and only the desultory , forlorn and uncertain voices of junior staff is available to advise hapless passengers over the tannoy when and where they might expect to find an uncancelled train to get them home on time — if they are lucky — and to deliver an occasional apology . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |