Example sentences of "and get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The edging sander will smooth out uneven areas , and get right up to the skirting board |
| 2 | Maura wished that she could meet a nice bloke and get right out of it . |
| 3 | Later on , when they stop looking for us , we can go to a port and get right out of the country . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Take the children and get right away . ’ |
| 5 | Good Christ , if they can make five miles a day when they have to fight through four systems of trenches and get right inside our Battle Zone , how bloody far d' you think they 'll go when we 've got nothing to hide behind except cow turds and haystacks ? ’ |
| 6 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps the boffins in the boats at Scapa ought to swallow their compassion and get equally coercive with the whales . |
| 8 | Not waste time and get straight at the problem . |
| 9 | They simply ring directory inquiries — and get straight through to Barbados . |
| 10 | Similarly , Message Queue Interface should improve the efficiency with which loosely coupled systems work : travel agents , for example should be able to request flight information from one system and get straight on filling in other details without having to wait for the remote system to respond . |
| 11 | We land just after one o'clock and get straight into a Jag jam-sandwich ( so a ford at both ends — ha ! ) . |
| 12 | At which point she 'd stand , lay the magazine aside , and get straight back to business . |
| 13 | We 'll skip the installation — its like the others — and get straight onto the games . |
| 14 | This is a very useful source of information on QBasic and you should look at it later but for now press the ESC key to bypass it and get straight on with QBasic . |
| 15 | Where the extension number is known a new direct dial facility will enable callers to bypass the switchboard and get straight through to the person they wish to speak to . |
| 16 | The frequency with which the operation is carried out depends upon the plants involved and the compost or soil in which they were originally planted , but its need becomes apparent when the leaves of the plant become yellowish and get progressively smaller , and the blooms are of poor colour and with few petals . |
| 17 | But everybody knows that , in other games at other times with oter referees , goalkeepers will dally and dawdle to a greater degree and get away with it . |
| 18 | We 'll burn the galleys and the whole place and get away while the MacIans are running to put the fires out . |
| 19 | In the grant-aided sector we used to sit around in our meetings thinking of ways we could open things out and get away from things being dominated by White middle-class people . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd better call Larry in and get away from here , quick , ’ she heard Butch say . |
| 21 | ‘ Let's launch the lifeboat and get away . |
| 22 | Weekends are a good time to knock up those extra miles and get away from your measured route — into the country , etc . |
| 23 | Sure , I could adapt any song and get away with it , but I ca n't say I 'd be as satisfied doing it that way , and I certainly would n't choose to interpret those things on one guitar . ’ |
| 24 | In this country we can kill people on the roads and walk free , and rape women and get away with around four years in prison — yet we have the cheek to call the Saudis barbaric . |
| 25 | Officials with ‘ friends in high places ’ could now commit crimes and get away with them , he said . |
| 26 | HERE is my step-by-step guide to how the Pakistanis doctor the ball — and get away with it . |
| 27 | However , they 're not so stupid as to allow the adventurers to forge such a document right in front of them and get away with it . |
| 28 | History indicates that general practice is not so demanding that unqualified people can not pass themselves off as principals for many years and get away with it . |
| 29 | For these were the real ‘ professionals ’ who , at certain times in the war , took over either as commanders appointed by the crown or as leaders of groups of freelance soldiers who could ignore royal orders and get away with it . |
| 30 | It 's very relaxing to walk across the grass and get away from cars and buildings . |