Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well again it could be sinister if things get out of hand , but er , er , and I think the speaker 's warning in that respect is fully justified . |
| 2 | If investors get in now while the markets are low they could do well . |
| 3 | Women should have no sexual desires whereas men should be insatiable ; if women get out of line by expressing autonomous desire or refusing to cater to men 's , they will be censured . |
| 4 | Major areas of application of consumer multimedia include music , games , home education and self-improvement , popular reference , ‘ how to ’ applications such as DIY , car maintenance etc , and child-minding software designed to keep children quiet and entertained while adults get on with their own lives for short but blissful periods of time . |
| 5 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 6 | A single small group can work on drama with one teacher whilst others get on with other ( related ) work . |
| 7 | Many readers wrote about the good old days , before kids got out of hand or wild teenagers stole cars for ‘ joyrides ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ But , Emma , I wonder if you 'd mind having a quick business discussion with me before things get out of hand ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Look , ’ said Masklin , before things got out of hand . |
| 10 | Even before ministers get down to arguing over the details , they face a row about whether the proposed company statute can be approved by a majority vote ( as the commission would like ) or must be passed unanimously . |
| 11 | However , on three occasions I was witness to CAMRA members complaining loudly that they should not have to queue as long as non-members to get in , or that only CAMRA members should be allowed to attend . |
| 12 | You travel south and then west over slow , winding roads to the westernmost tip of Mull , to Fionnphort , a weatherbeaten hamlet perched on the edge of the world , defaced by litter , plastic bottles and dirty nappies , discarded as tourists get on and off the ferries . |
| 13 | Speed had a stormer as a central midfielder but how can we keep him there when Batts gets back ? |
| 14 | The Chinese , even if they were not spies , were certainly not-be trusted , for they were evidently too cowardly to be relied on as stokers to get up sufficient steam to escape German U-boats , which should serve as a warning to " yellow-loving shipowners . " |