Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mildred decided to get to the chest of drawers , on which stood a small mirror , so that she could see just how small she was . |
| 2 | She studied the Workshops , frowning , and Caspar , who was becoming alarmed by this time , saw that this was no ruse to secure his assistance ; Fenella intended to get into the Robemaker 's Workshops and rescue whoever it was who was in there . |
| 3 | The pound kept falling , Tony Benn failed to get into the shadow cabinet and 70 per cent of Britoil shares failed to find buyers . |
| 4 | As Sergeant King struggled to get into the car of a passing motorist , Vernage continued his attack , plunging his knife again and again into the policeman . |
| 5 | Steve Ridley from Pest Control Newcastle managed to get nearest the pin . |
| 6 | Patrick intended to get to the suspects first . |