Example sentences of "[adj] to get [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a practical and down to earth level it is worth finding out what clerical support you are likely to get in the clinic or base where you will be working . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'd be able to get on the horse but I 'd be ruled out of the Olympics because betablockers are banned . |
| 4 | These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back . |
| 5 | The victim , who lost a leg in an IRA car bomb attack two years ago , was able to get inside the house and shut the front door . |
| 6 | Amsterdam is such a lovely and compact city that if two or three days is all you have you will be able to get around the city and all the major sights without difficulty — but you will have gained only a glimpse of all the attractions on offer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She is imprisoned within massive earthen walls from which she can never escape for her body is far too big to get through the passages that lead to it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |