Example sentences of "[noun sg] get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recession got in the way . |
| 2 | Then with about 7 minutes to go , Goodmans speed got through the defence again and Beeny could only parry his low shot for Gray ( there was about 5 of them on the pitch ) to tap in . |
| 3 | But a skin biopsy got to the root of the problem and diagnosed that he 's suffering from mites , an allergic reaction to the mites and a fungal growth . |
| 4 | Something fell in greenhouse and broke the pane to allow the wind to get into the greenhouse , which is oh dear me , as soon as the wind got into the greenhouse as I say blowing the other panes out |
| 5 | His stepdad got into the van and drove off , gravel spitting from under the wheels . |
| 6 | A rather curious look from Prince Philip wondering , no doubt , how this lowly two-ringer got into the act . |
| 7 | When Lou got in the car , the bulky jacket that she wore over her washed denim skirt got in the way of her seat belt and her movements as she struggled to fasten the buckle were jerky and nervous . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're in the middle of an investigation and , quite frankly , we do n't want anyone from Central HQ getting in the way . ’ |
| 9 | Tell class members that any one newly joining in the autumn term gets to the end of the year and the following calendar year for one year 's subscription . |
| 10 | As the arteries become narrower with advancing atherosclerosis , people may notice tight cramping pain when insufficient oxygen-rich blood gets to the heart muscle ( angina ) or leg muscles ( intermittent claudication ) . |
| 11 | In the reptilian heart most of the blood gets round the body on the first circuit , but with the four-chambered heart — in mammals , birds and ( imperfectly ) in crocodiles — the blood from the two circuits is not mixed at all . |
| 12 | The most serious swings and cart-wheels usually occur when the wind gets under the wing-tip so that the down wind tip scrapes along the ground . |
| 13 | Of course , i er sometimes people phone up the Fire Brigade and the Fire Brigade get to the fire |
| 14 | Do n't let organisational oversight get in the way of the work . |
| 15 | ‘ You need an identity card to get into the factory every morning . |
| 16 | News At Ten was the first news programme to get in the ratings Top Ten , the first to employ two newsreaders ( Alistair Burnett and Andrew Gardner on the first edition ) , and the first to make use of foreign reports and the catchphrase ‘ Brent Sadler , News At Ten , Dagenham ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ And any dog worth his salt would bite open a handbag to get to the chocolate ? ’ |
| 18 | The fire was discovered at 3 a.m. by a master working late , and together with two boys — one of whom climbed a waterspout to get to the juniors ' bedroom via the roof and the other operated a hand-pump in dense smoke — managed to raise the alarm . |
| 19 | The sergeant continued : ‘ But then Mr Hamilton found the valuable guns missing from Taigh na Tuir , and he reported that , with the story of your attempt to get into the house last Wednesday night . |
| 20 | I can only assume that the crew of this barge were new to boating as their attempt to get by the bridge was reminiscent of ’ Game for a Laugh ’ . |
| 21 | As well as being asked how often they commit illegal acts , respondents are generally asked details of their social characteristics , social class , race and so on , in an attempt to get round the biases in official criminal statistics . |
| 22 | The thieves removed part of the roof to get into the building , and made off with sixteen handguns . |
| 23 | It is believed that the UDA could now change its name in a bid to get round the law . |
| 24 | ‘ I need a car to get to the town station . ’ |
| 25 | Towards the summit I had to cross a couple of snowfields , and there was a final rock-climb to get to the top . |
| 26 | Michael Winner , on whose original story Likely Lads TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais based their script , had discovered , while studying at Cambridge University , a legal loophole that meant that ‘ borrowing ’ bicycles from his college to get to the office of the student newspaper Varsity , which he edited , did not constitute theft , although he was gated and sent down for two weeks . |
| 27 | Something fell in greenhouse and broke the pane to allow the wind to get into the greenhouse , which is oh dear me , as soon as the wind got into the greenhouse as I say blowing the other panes out |
| 28 | The tall dark girl got off the London train and as she passed through the barrier at Stowerton station she asked the woman collecting tickets where she could get a taxi . |
| 29 | In spite of all precautions , one afternoon a column got into the hut through a hole in the wall at the back . |
| 30 | A large-limbed young man got up from one of the tables outside a pub , and , like a policeman , stood in the middle of the road , his palm held up high above his head towards the cars while a very slow old lady got across the road . |