Example sentences of "[verb] to get [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 2 | I mean I mean during the week she never , she 's going to get to the stage except that Chris is taking Amy to ballet , she wo n't see Neighbours at all . |
| 3 | I 'm not a good runner , I 'm not a fast runner , I just like to get to the finish if I can . ’ |
| 4 | The black cloud was right above them now and some of the congregation had begun to stir uneasily in expectation of the downpour , wondering whether the Padre would manage to get through the service before it fell . |
| 5 | The young man , Martin Grant , struggling through the throng , managed to get to the door when the sirens and the flashing blue lights outside the window heralded the arrival of uniformed reinforcements . |
| 6 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 7 | And the thing is , that Barry does n't really want to get on the plane until it 's all sorted out . |
| 8 | My mother and father both encouraged me in my playing , but I was n't encouraged to get into the business because they knew it was kind of tough . |
| 9 | And er this was him trying to get off the subject when he was getting a bit nervous I think . |
| 10 | A policeman ran past the poet trying to get to the crowd before it became an unruly mob . |
| 11 | He had to get to the postman before he reached the cottage . |
| 12 | You really have to get to the circles before the coaches arrive and mess things up . ’ |
| 13 | Pete says he just wanted to get in the air so he read about the sport in magazines and then got in touch with the association … he says the sport is easy if you know what you are doing but you can pay dearly for your mistakes |