Example sentences of "[vb past] to get [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Edgar tried to get hold of the key , but she threw it quickly into the hottest part of the fire . |
| 2 | We tried to get witnesses for the defence , but they ail confirmed that he had killed the DO on purpose . |
| 3 | Yes , said his critics , but it was a different story if anyone tried to get access to the information behind those methods . |
| 4 | Soon after the Persian Wars , as we saw on p. 23 , King Leotychidas of Sparta led an expedition to Thessaly , and ended the tageia of the Aleuads ; at about the same time , Plutarch says , there was a Greek , perhaps a Spartan , fleet at Pagasai , whose strategic importance we have just noticed , and the Spartans tried to get control of the Amphictyony ( see p. 33 ; Plut . |
| 5 | Tim was fascinated at seeing overturned engines on the side of the line , and you girls were a little anxious as you saw me and a nice Salvation Army wife tear down the track when the train stopped to get water from the engine ! |
| 6 | You 'll need to retrace your steps on the path you originally took to get part of the way to Shining Tor leading to the A537 . |
| 7 | On the journey our eldest child picked up bubonic plague , and when the steamer moored at Chauk my wife managed to get medicines from the BOC Hospital shortly before it closed . |
| 8 | Between them all , they managed to get Liam to the house , the twins being much amused by all the palaver . |
| 9 | He managed to get Maidstone inside the building and upstairs without upsetting the portiera too much . |
| 10 | There was a rival demonstration by about 2,000 Communists and , according to various estimates , 500 Communists managed to get tickets into the hall . |
| 11 | Pieper tried and failed to get hold of the outfits to brief them and to gauge their reaction . |
| 12 | I agreed to get photos of the fuel rods for the Union in Washington . |
| 13 | Chen wanted to reach out and take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death , but first he had to get hold of the copy and get out with it . |
| 14 | ‘ We had forms to fill in , and he touched us for fags into the bargain , and we had to get water from the well . ’ |
| 15 | We had to get people round the table and get them to speak to one another and get them to share the cost . |
| 16 | Another thing you might not realize is that erm , erm when you ordered motor buses you had to get authority from the Ministry of Transport and you used to appl apply for a bus grant . |
| 17 | Press and television thronged to get words from the aircrew , S/L Dave Thomas said it was the ‘ passing of a great era ’ and of the campaign to keep XH558 flying that ‘ it reflects the affection in which the aircraft is held . ’ |
| 18 | She then found that one of the walls bulged , and wanted to get compensation from the surveyor . |