Example sentences of "[adv] get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradford slowly got into the game and nearly took the lead when Mark Prudhoe could only parry a piledriver from Mike Duxbury , then punched the ball away from the onrushing Sean McCarthy . |
| 2 | Bradford slowly got into the game and nearly took the lead when Mark Prudhoe could only parry a piledriver from Mike Duxbury , then punched the ball away from the onrushing Sean McCarthy . |
| 3 | Forrester eventually got on the pitch with about 5 minutes left , and indeed Fowler was attempting to put him through when the ball richoched back to him , hit him in the stomach and sat up in a ‘ kick me please ’ type fashion , which he did , and scored . |
| 4 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 5 | When I eventually got off the bus back in Maseru I nearly collapsed , such was my weakness . |
| 6 | We only got off the unit for exercise about twice a week . |
| 7 | I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that . |
| 8 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've only got to the end of the year but my family will be carrying on where I left off . |
| 10 | Blinking politely at the assembled masses hanging on his every syllable , the poodle-headed astronomer and Friend Of Freddie swiftly got to the point of his keynote address to the CMJ Music Marathon . |
| 11 | They 'd all got off the bus together ; this one had gone into a truckers ’ cafe for cigarettes and a carton of coffee . |
| 12 | They only get in the way when you 're using a keyboard and anyway they 're easy to get off because the glue 's not up to much . |
| 13 | As one policewoman in the unit explained , ‘ You 're only getting at the problem left behind after the crime has been committed . ’ |
| 14 | So getting in the right with God is impossible for human beings to achieve by their own efforts . |
| 15 | ‘ The other heavy horses are all out on the land , so get to the riverside field as quick as you can , on horse or on foot . |
| 16 | So get into the habit of really looking at the viewfinder picture as you line up the shot . |
| 17 | I 've got nearly over five hundred quid , then the petrol and then food where you could n't get food donated , and new tyres for the bike before I went so you could only get on the road . |
| 18 | I 'll only get in the way . |
| 19 | The powers do perhaps get into the habit of erm of erm of meeting together . |
| 20 | In some of his experiments the rats were rolling along to get to the food in the goal-box . |
| 21 | I was reassured that the nonsense would stop , and that people would use the bikes merely to get to the base of mountains , where the walk in was prohibitive of completing the hill in a day without some means of transport . |
| 22 | ‘ Will they take long to get through the tunnel ? ’ asked Peter . |
| 23 | Once you 'd confirmed my suspicions it did n't take long to get to the bottom of the story . |
| 24 | If I last long enough to get to the air … . |
| 25 | Kate , a poor little rich girl with her own private rink , can barely keep a partner long enough to get to the Olympics , let alone win a gold medal . |
| 26 | ‘ When I 've seen you safely on the train , I should still have time enough to get to the auction . ’ |
| 27 | Howells said : ‘ I 'm confident I 'll be fit enough to get into the frame . |
| 28 | Just one more time , Isabel told herself , straightening , just enough to get through the meeting with Rainald . |
| 29 | I was n't desperate enough to get under the lawn-mower . |
| 30 | It is also a mark of the wavering course the Tories have pursued , hopping uncertainly from blue-rinsed stage set to matey bar stool to Mr Major 's rediscovered soapbox , but seldom pausing long enough to get across the gravity of their message . |