Example sentences of "get it " in BNC.

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1 If you get it right , the cricket ball will travel two hundred yards in four seconds , and all you 've done is give it a knock like knocking the top off a bottle of stout , and it makes a noise like a trout taking a fly …
2 I think you have to see what the system is and then see how you get it to work for yourself .
3 The sooner you get it out of here the better , I said , wrote Harsnet .
4 ‘ Only till we get it straight . ’
5 In return they will give £30 , and a range of OBO fixings worth another £20 , to the most amusing letter each month — to make sure you get it right next time !
6 MORE THAN four out of five people who apply for planning permission get it .
7 No , no , no , no , no , he said , it 's got to be the real thing , you 've got to start out as you mean to go on Get it right from the beginning .
8 We 're prepared to sustain losses for several years while we get it going .
9 I 'm not taking my bloody coat off till I get it . ’
10 ‘ For instance , if you 've been working towards getting a client somewhere to live and they get it and they come back to you and say ‘ Thanks ’ , that is simply amazing , ’ says Frances .
11 I nearly get it right , but I end up hopping again .
12 I try and get it out with my fingers , but I ca n't reach it so I pour it into another bowl and put it on the floor for Satan to drink .
13 Each month we take note of your letters and try to redress the balance , hoping that over the year we get it just about right .
14 Its aim is to co-operate in the development of the X-standard and get it accepted by the International and US standards bodies , ISO and ANSI .
15 About a fifth of us fall into the ‘ Get It Over With ’ category .
16 Get It Over Withs prefer watching TV .
17 We 're not getting much here , apart from the samples off the tyres , We 'll take it apart when we get it away from here , of course . ’
18 Mr Aziz 's initial reaction encouraged the Russians to believe that they would get a good reply , and get it promptly .
19 Get it ?
20 If as Secretary of State you get it wrong , then you — and crucially the people you are serving — live with the consequences for the next twelve months and beyond .
21 Get it ? ’
22 — You get it in the wrong place , he 's had it .
23 JEREMY CLARKE God is Love ( Get It In Writing ) ( Fourth Estate –12.95 )
24 People slag them 'cos they ca n't play properly and they get it all wrong .
25 Too many bands here get it right that 's what really wrong .
26 Echoing Marvin Gay 's best albums , ‘ What 's Going On ’ and ‘ Let's Get It On ’ , the team that unleashed the most emotive house singles of the late Eighties dig deep into the groove and spiritual foundations over 15 songs .
27 ‘ That 's right , get it down your neck , ’ Jos said , joking .
28 ‘ Come and get it . ’
29 Get it down you , lad , ’ he advised Mr Cottle .
30 Difficulties only arise when dieters get it into their heads that only a certain source of protein is acceptable and therefore restrict the overall range .
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