Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They actually did send teams of people erm , nuclear scientists to Chernobyl to try and get just how much damage was being caused and going on being caused , but there was , I think you probably do n't remember because it went right by |
| 2 | This causes the contestant to try and get even closer to the opponent 's face with subsequent jabs , in order to pick up that elusive score . |
| 3 | The sounds produced by this rack are certainly impressive , although I must say that to try and get away from the overall processed sound was almost impossible . |
| 4 | This she protested against very strongly , on the ground that she had known many missed and some murdered who essayed to travel round that way in the night ; not that she thought such dark deeds as robbery would be perpetrated by any of the islanders , ‘ But you see , sir , the island is very near the sea , and all sorts of men are sailing round about , an ’ when they 've spent all their own earnings on drink , it 's hard to know what they 'll no' do to try and get more . ’ |
| 5 | It was partly with the new saw table and also he wanted to try and get more er sellable saleable product out of the slate , cos previously we had been throwing away quite a bit or giving it to and I think it really started as a family argument between him and his brother . |
| 6 | I personally see this is as one of my major objectives over the next year or so , and in a sense it makes me trebly grateful to be here today , because I hope some of the contacts I might make today will enable me to work alongside you in what might be called even local Berkshire band , and to try and get more a multiplicity of views from different organisations channelled through our own value objectives . |
| 7 | And these people here will learn languages , they will eat the local food , they will do anything the locals do , they will dress like them , the lot in order to try and get as full a experience as possible . |
| 8 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 9 | ‘ If you want to sell and get as far as enticing a buyer , whoever it is will have the place surveyed , and any surveyor knowing his job will condemn it out of hand . |
| 10 | I do n't know , I 'll have to go and get here , sha n't I ? |
| 11 | Yeah yeah I went , well eventually but like you say it was long wh it was a long while before I actually did get to sleep but got there eventually I 'm been to solicitor today Annie . |
| 12 | Furthermore , it is generally assumed that it is an easy matter to pollute and get away with it . |
| 13 | And the lifeboat was able to turn and to get safely back out again . |
| 14 | Because of Jezrael who thought she was strong enough to meddle and get away with it . |