Example sentences of "[verb] to get [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet any individual who tried to get away with that would be regarded as either a crook or a crank or most likely both . |
| 2 | She tried to get up on all fours , and bumped her head on the underside of the bed . |
| 3 | The former topless model took action which led to police being called when Davidson tried to get back in this week . |
| 4 | Finally she tried to get down to some more serious work , first skimming through a book about castles she had brought with her , then sketching ruined towers , broken archways and towering keeps . |
| 5 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 6 | Bees and ants have extremely elaborate , highly organized , social systems which appear to get along without any concept-forming medium of communication which is even remotely similar to that of human language . |
| 7 | turn to Mr Potter I think he 's been dying to get back on this so |
| 8 | By the time I was fourteen I could n't wait to get away from that place and my mother took me to the hiring fair in the marketplace in Bishop Auckland . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get away from this awful place . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get out of this place , ’ she breathed . |
| 11 | I just ca n't wait to get out of this house . ’ |
| 12 | She ran to the café and fretted while the rashers sizzled on the stove ; she could n't wait to get back to that make-believe room blazing with light . |
| 13 | I ca n't wait to get back to detached , I 'll go back into some big hi-fi ! |
| 14 | At the top of its latest action list is a bunch of measures designed to get closer to real users in order to find out what they really want . |
| 15 | He wants to get out of that office , get out into the areas , find out what is going on and do something about the problem , or I will kick his backside for him . |
| 16 | Preference utilitarianism is right to try to get away from this idea . |
| 17 | To make it purposeful one of the first steps is to define carefully what children are expected to get out of this work . |
| 18 | I want to get away from this place , that angry man . |
| 19 | This pattern now appears to have been broken , and Madeira experiences an all-year-round trade with those who want summer sun tans as well as those who want to get away from cold winters . |
| 20 | ‘ I just want to get around in one piece . |
| 21 | And there 's the added advantage that fretful babies can be soothed when mothers want to get on with other important jobs around the house . |
| 22 | But I wanted to do employment , I want to get on with this kind of job , it 's going to be a major political issue , and by God I 'm gon na put it right up front . |
| 23 | And you 'd also better take into account the fact that I want to get on with some work while I 'm here . |
| 24 | I want to get on with some work . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to get out of that . |
| 26 | Anyway we want to get out of that bloody awful flat . ’ |
| 27 | So again if we look at all of these things across the top we 've got other things influencing across here when you go on holiday you , each of you in this room , you 'll probably have some idea beforehand of what you want to get out of that holiday . |
| 28 | Think of what you want to get out of this . |
| 29 | ‘ But I really want to get out of this Guitarist 's Guitarist scene . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to get out of this car , ’ she said through gritted teeth . |