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Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] get [prep] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	You got ta get into the rocking mood and you
2	Oxford 's forwards were slow and scattered in getting to the breakdown .
3	" No , corp , just want tae get to the bus station . "
4	Word got out on that , and they were prevented from getting onto the market .
5	The first thing I noticed on getting into the ground was that the Leeds fans were making most , no , all of the noise in the ground .
6	Now President Truman er was a man of erm limited intelligence but extraordinary courage and tenacity and erm er his previous career involved a failed haberdashery store which went bankrupt , er and then acted as a bag man for a sort of organized crime in Kansas City but that 's , you know , you 've got ta get on the job training somewhere have n't you ?
7	No a I 've got ta go , I 've got ta get on the training cos
8	Got ta get near the microphone !
9	where in Marble Arch , nine times out of ten you 've got ta get round the back to pick it up
10	Yeah but you do n't wan na get in the habit of holding something in your hand like .
11	Access will be the issue of the 90s and freedom to use rivers does n't just stop at getting onto the rivers .
12	‘ Some people just can not bear to come in second , ’ he said loudly enough to be heard before getting into the car , reversing it round and driving away .
13	He was wounded eight times altogether , and on the last occasion he succeeded in getting into the air before the scars were properly healed .
14	The Emergency Medical Rescue Units that the city maintains to deal with such accidents were unavoidably delayed in getting to the scene .
15	Well talk about getting to the climax !
16	Loretta hesitated , but decided against getting into the Miss or Ms argument at this time of day .
17	These are to provide short term relief to those suffering from the effects of the famine and to try to prevent the famine continuing by getting to the root of the problem , and so having more lasting long term effects .
18	Waiting for him , she thought of getting into the big bed .
19	His only friend is the tubercular and crippled Ratso Rizzo , who dreams of getting to the sunshine of Florida one day .
20	In the second half , Picksley , Mycoe , Plange and McAlister added touchdowns against outclassed opposition who never looked like getting into the contest .
21	The following year Calero looked like getting in the Ryder Cup side , but he had to finish in the first two at York ( Benson and Hedges International ) .
22	In other words , they have an enveloping scheme under which there has to be a basic threshold over which people must pass before getting into the realms of simply accepting the lowest possible tender .
23	Then you got ta er , think about getting to the post office
24	The Pope 's got more chance of gettin' pregnant than I 'ave of gettin' into the charts .
25	‘ What I do n't like about swapping around is that while you 're playing one song you 're thinking about getting near the end and that you 're going to have to swap over very quickly .
26	It was important to pass the examination — and not only that , but to be near the top of the list in order to be assured of getting through the door of the right secondary school .
27	For instance , a particular user ID could be prohibited from getting at the disk drives or the network , or from using the PC at all during certain hours .
28	The woman paused before getting into the driving seat and said to Ward in near-perfect English , ‘ I think you 're a bloody fool , but if you 're determined to press on , I suggest you have a word with Alberto Fernandez when you get to Tolambo .
29	Engineers must prevent sand and grit from getting into the well water .
30	The difficulties that public sector graduates have in getting into the senior positions in the professions have little to do with their academic accomplishments and much to do with the cultural stratification in society of which academic institutions are a part .