Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] to get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fool tried to get to the horse . |
| 2 | The occasion seemed to get to the Aussies then , and this time there will be a 78,000 full house to worry them . |
| 3 | First , the complete omission of ‘ When I have often heard young maids complaining ’ ( This may seem surprising , given that the text managed to get into the quarto , even if late ; but as a continuo song it could , at a pinch , have been accompanied by the harpsichordist from a separate sheet , with a gamba player reading over his shoulder . |
| 4 | He heard the scrape of the guard 's feet as the man scrabbled to get to the door . |
| 5 | We crossed over the river into Sweden near the Baltic coast at Haparanda ( and suffered the embarrassment of having to be push started to get off the ferry ) and drove on to Lulea where we called a halt because I had promised to say hello to a friend of a friend who lived there . |