Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He tried hard to get into the spirit of the thing .
2 After that , Cantona strove desperately to get in the game .
3 The Act enshrines principles social workers fought hard to get on the statute book .
4 I think really they wanted just to get to the house something to talk about those days you see .
5 The reason he wanted desperately to get into the company was that Ninette de Valois , to whom he had already spoken about his choreographic ambitions , had told him that experience of working with other choreographers and dancing their ballets was essential to learn his craft .
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