Example sentences of "[noun sg] get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't let organisational oversight get in the way of the work . |
| 2 | How will your son/daughter get to the sessions ? |
| 3 | Paul Chertkow , currency strategist at Citibank in London , said : ‘ If investors decide to sell the pound then they wo n't let the peseta get in the way ; they will sell pesetas as well . ’ |
| 4 | Can the group get to the centre easily ? |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't let colour get in the way of right and wrong . ’ |
| 6 | She was always letting her idealism get in the way of practicalities . |
| 7 | to let the plumber get at the water-main . |
| 8 | He had business in the morning , accounting business , and Tom Holdfast was not the sort to let idle chitter-chatter get in the way of that . |
| 9 | One of the more common Manhattan experiences of the early 1980s involved being approached by well-dressed individuals and asked to sign a petition helping the NAP get on the ballot in the name of democracy , and then being hit for a contribution . |
| 10 | It was Ana who came forward as Maggie came into the room , and clearly she did not let her blindness get in the way of being hostess for her brother . |
| 11 | And when he returned to the college , he told the students they must n't let blindness get in the way of their creativity . |
| 12 | No one is quite sure whether Baxter 's stories are fact or fiction but like that other legendary wordsmith , the former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly , Slim Jim never let reality get in the way of a good yarn . |
| 13 | ‘ Then where is she , and how did that animal get into the conservatory ? ’ asked Mr Hampton angrily . |
| 14 | When Zweig would n't come , Strauss lost his temper and wrote the famous letter attacking all politicians and everyone who lets politics get in the way of art . |
| 15 | She watched her mother get into the car , but she remained standing by the open door until Lizzie had turned the car and then disappeared down the drive . |