Example sentences of "get [pers pn] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said , ‘ Well , nobody will notice her if she 's got her back to the audience , ’ but all the audience wanted to know was ‘ Why has that girl got her back to the audience , is she hideously scarred ? ’ |
| 2 | They said , ‘ Well , nobody will notice her if she 's got her back to the audience , ’ but all the audience wanted to know was ‘ Why has that girl got her back to the audience , is she hideously scarred ? ’ |
| 3 | When at last Hazel had got him back to the ditch , he refused at first to go underground and Hazel had almost to push him down the hole . |
| 4 | It needed people to work all night sending out subscription copies , getting them down to the all-night post office . |
| 5 | ‘ They wasted no time in getting me up to the theatre , and after making the General promise not to take my arm off I gave a running commentary as the ether took effect . |
| 6 | Get you over to the specialist and see what 's |
| 7 | So , do you want to keep your eyes shut while I get you up to the roof , or open them now and get a nasty surprise when you and all your millions of fans see where you are ? ’ |
| 8 | I was off duty and Kate was alone , on night duty — ’ She seemed to be rambling , and Juliet wanted to prompt her , get her back to the subject . |
| 9 | ‘ How did that kind of line get him on to the insulin project ? ’ |
| 10 | Get him off to the rugby match or something . ’ |
| 11 | I 've been sent here to find out what really happened and get him back to the States . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll need some help to wrap it up and get it down to the car . |
| 13 | Well I 'd start with wood and er get something rough to work off and then , use me head as I say , get it down to the requirements on the , on the paper and then start to produce eventually , you know and er |
| 14 | With such a wide definition , it might be more useful to consider what this leaves out , rather than what it includes — which gets us back to the categories I am working with here : it excludes inheritance and invention . |
| 15 | When he got her on to the pavement , she sagged against the school wall and would not move . |
| 16 | Clare got her back to the house , and introduced her to Bryony , Sue , and the kids . |
| 17 | With a considerable effort the men got him on to the stretcher , and Redpath noticed that his trouser pockets seemed to be bulging rather curiously . |
| 18 | We brought him here ou , he changed his clothes from his own suit into the pied piper and erm then we got him back to the Prince of Wales Theatre . |
| 19 | I quickly cast back out again to the same spot and to my total astonishment the rod was almost pulled out of my hands before I got it back to the rests . |
| 20 | I told my father I was trying to get them over to the far side , to the mainland , and that the ones I had to bury , the ones which fell short , were victims of scientific research , but I doubt I really needed this excuse , my father never seemed bothered about the suffering of lower forms of life , despite having been a hippy , and perhaps because of his medical training . |
| 21 | Spraying the aerosol is the best way to get them on to the enemy , but even this is difficult . |
| 22 | Rob flew with calculated care , mindful of the lives of his crew and the need to get them back to the safety of the debriefing room and steaming mugs of rum-laced tea . |
| 23 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 24 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 25 | Donald Hardie , the Scottish director of the IoD , feels the problem stems from the education system , with girls being discouraged from studying the subjects that would get them on to the business ladder . |
| 26 | Once the wind drops I 'll get you over to the mainland and get an X-ray done at St Mary 's . ’ |
| 27 | " Then we 'll get you down to the road . |
| 28 | At Home : A good wash and brush will get you back to the groove |
| 29 | ‘ Let's get you back to the house , ’ he said quickly . |
| 30 | ‘ Blockbuster ! ’ is less satisfactory , however , a bunch of platform-heeled plodders that try in vain to get you on to the floor and dance round your handbag . |