Example sentences of "[noun pl] get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once the contents of these plans got around the rumours died down and people began to say that the family must be coming back . ’ |
| 2 | His beard and teeth got in the way . |
| 3 | In any case other activities got in the way of getting to the Sunday services , but I managed the rehearsals and some weekday 5pm services . |
| 4 | The American researchers got around the problem by synchronising a pulsed laser and a pulsed gas jet so the pulse of laser light hit the gas just as it emerged from the jet into the vacuum chamber . |
| 5 | I kept piling in crosses and luckily the lads got on the end of them . ’ |
| 6 | He had been anxious in case white hairs got on the suit , which must mean that , wherever he decided to go , he would go somewhere . |
| 7 | The British team looked quite forlorn in comparison by the time the fighters got on the mat , the Japanese conceding them a small corner . |
| 8 | In the large county constituencies , where some people would have to travel large distances to exercise the right to vote , transport was often laid on to help known supporters get to the poll . |
| 9 | We like roller-skating and this is nice and flat with not too many cars to get in the way . |
| 10 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 11 | The impression of IBM Corp , Digital Equipment Corp and their ilk lining up like lambs to the slaughter may seem hard to credit for customers that have been driven to accept very hard bargains , but that is what appears to be happening with this Gadarene rush by the major manufacturers to get into the facilities management business in the US : we understand that many of the savings and loans , banks and securities houses that have gratefully accepted offers by the majors to run their data processing operations for them has little to do with saving money over the term of the contract , much to do with their urgent need for cash upfront to repair their ravaged balance sheets — the key attraction of the deals being the money paid at the start of the contract for the data processing facilities ; if the customers are in that much need of cash , chances are that many of them wo n't be around in five or seven years ' time , so that having spent good money for computers they do n't need , the facilities managers will be left with idle installations and contracts with no residual value . |
| 12 | In the higher primates these possibilities can already be seen emerging as actualities when chimpanzees use twigs to get at the occupants of a termite-mound , or wave branches to scare off leopards . |
| 13 | It took around six months to get to the quality audit stage and we were then able to invite in the assessor . ’ |
| 14 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 15 | What has failed to attract attention , however , is the fact that there is a third possible response — avoidance , using legal methods to get round the law . |
| 16 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
| 17 | The likeliest place for the specks to get into the product was in the ‘ Fluon ’ finishing Room so we set up a multi-disciplinary CAT of operators , supervisors , QC , QA and maintenance personnel headed by Finishing Room manager Jim Fairhurst . |
| 18 | ‘ Two sharks got into the perspex tunnel and believe me the startled look we got from Sean was not anything to do with his acting ability , ’ said Terence . |
| 19 | Execrable presenters get in the way of Shonen Knife and the Stereo MC 's in THE WORD . |
| 20 | One of the first things we need to do if we wish to consider sexuality without personal hang-ups getting in the way is to get over our revulsion against sexual terms . |
| 21 | If you use a stick-microphone , support it on a stand and position it as close as possible while allowing enough room for you to handle the script without rustling noises getting onto the recording . |
| 22 | As you are all probably aware , Death Trap , originally planned for February , had to be scrapped despite valiant efforts by the casting committee and John the directors get around the problem of the men or rather the lack of them . |
| 23 | I suppose well my children would say my answer to everything is to say to them breathe , you know , and erm you know just do very simple relaxation if nothing else , and then that allows you maybe to start looking at other things , but to get to the state where you can begin to look at things without the fears and emotions getting in the way . |
| 24 | Firefighters used their ladders to help ambulance crews get to the 13-year-old in Our Lady of Good Help school in South Drive , Wavertree , last night . |
| 25 | The evening 's entertainment concluded with yobbos trying to evade the patrol of hefty stewards to get to the pitch . |
| 26 | If it was organised and stewarded properly , they could sign autographs , pose for photos and generally encourage youngsters to get behind the team . |
| 27 | Do n't let the elements get in the way of your enjoyment of the great outdoors . |
| 28 | The North York Moors National Park committee has agreed to expand its Moorsbus service which for the last ten years has enabled visitors to get to the heart of the moors without congesting roads and villages with private cars . |
| 29 | When he removed the crates to get at the tarpaulin he realized it was covering something , further stimulating his interest . |
| 30 | TENNIS heart-throb Andre Agassi smashed his way into the last 16 in the US Open yesterday — and won a kiss from movie star Barbra Streisand ( inset ) who must have pulled some special strokes to get past the minders at New York 's Flushing Meadow . |