Example sentences of "[adj] to get [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Hoddle said : ‘ It 's going to be hard to get into the play-offs because there are teams ahead of us who have played less games .
2 It 's difficult to get at the timbers once you 've insulated , so get the job done properly and carry out the treatment before insulating the loft .
3 He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight .
4 It would not have been possible for the Government of 1945-51 to get through the legislation if they had faced the delaying tactics that have characterised the progress of Bills in the past 11 to 12 years .
5 The grypesh were clawing over their own dead to get through the gate whilst swords and staves and Ratagan 's axe took a fearful toll .
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