Example sentences of "[vb mod] get [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , you might find everything that crawls in the yard an' they might get as far as downstairs here and there , but not up here . |
| 2 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 3 | I could get up there before he buys |
| 4 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 5 | She says — she says she thinks she could get well again if children believed in fairies . |
| 6 | He knew he could get away safely because he had a reading back in London that evening , and it could n't lead to further meetings because he was going away soon . |
| 7 | ‘ I could get out more if there was a car . ’ |
| 8 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 9 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |
| 10 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 11 | Well then I would get up there although no . |
| 12 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 13 | Take carry-on baggage only : If you register to travel on a flight , your bags will get on even if you do n't . |
| 14 | But some will get through more than five times that . |
| 15 | But the signals will get through only if there is budget discipline : if , in other words , the still massive indirect subsidies to factories — tax exemptions , soft credits , loans — are cut at the same time . |
| 16 | I doubt whether the working party will get any further than recommending the status quo , because I 'm absolutely sure in my own mind , that it is a duty that this council has to support village schools , where the parents support them , and where they 're educationally beneficial , to support them in the village communities , because they are , they have other importance than just education . |
| 17 | The comforting knowledge that at least she will get as far as the British Embassy tonight gives her the strength for attack . |
| 18 | In the summer holidays I can , I can get up early if I want to . |
| 19 | Metro Saverstrip — only for journeys in West Yorkshire ; Metro DayRover — you can get as far as Manchester with this if you 're elderly or disabled and are permitted to take a dog or other authorized companion . |
| 20 | The 1991 season may turn out to be Jon Solly 's last serious crack at the 10,000m , but he is confident that he can get as far as Tokyo for the World Championships . |
| 21 | D' you think you can get as far as The Angel at Lacock ? |
| 22 | I can get along OK if I 've got someone to lean on . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You can get out now if you want to , ’ he said , after he had told her about the phone call to Coy . |