Example sentences of "[verb] to get through the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's ironic that a prostitute can get a hotel room by bribing someone but if you 're a respectable woman you are likely to be arrested if you even try to get through the front door . |
| 2 | In terms of time that meant ten to twelve hours , depending on how long they took to get through the Romanian frontier . |
| 3 | While she had been speaking , the dogs had been struggling to get through the narrow crack of open door . |
| 4 | Because of my lack of work , I had planned to get through the final exam by doing problems in theoretical physics and avoiding questions that required factual knowledge . |
| 5 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 6 | Others have failed to get through the treacherous terrain and past the warring factions . |