Example sentences of "wanted to get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he wanted to get over the fence into the back garden . |
| 2 | He wanted to get to the phone-calls . |
| 3 | Years ago when you wanted to get to the heath from a stable that was maybe , the Cambridge side of Newmarket |
| 4 | no I ca n't and she would n't get off the phone and I wanted to get to the phone and she said , phone me up Is it all right then , I 'll phone him afterwards ! |
| 5 | Senator McGowan 's chief concern was for ‘ the poor people of Fintown who had to stand beside the sod ditch ’ and whose future was now being jeopardised by people who ‘ wanted to get on the bandwagon ’ , but he complimented Councillor McCaffrey ‘ if he has shares ’ , though he said he had none himself . |
| 6 | They wanted to get on the production line and turn out more breakfasts . |
| 7 | A large Nubian slave — the Sultan had removed his tongue so he could not speak — was manhandling this fellow because he wanted to get on the roof . |
| 8 | She wanted to get at the data , but did n't know how to go about it . |
| 9 | However , local MP Tony Banks says they wanted to get across the same message . |
| 10 | However , it was pointed out that some incomers wanted to get into the traditional game but were not succeeding . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , financial problems continued to plague the paper , and in 1961 it was taken over by East African Newspapers Ltd , the Nairobi publishers of the Daily Nation , who wanted to get into the Tanzanian market . |
| 12 | Because if one wanted to get into the house unheard , one would n't cross the gravel , but approach the house from the rear , or the far side . |
| 13 | He had a cat flap in the flat door if he wanted to get into the rest of the house and Fenella had thoughtfully left my kitchen window wide open so he could come and go that way via the flat roof of the kitchen extension next door . |
| 14 | minutes and we wanted to get into the thing . |
| 15 | I mean it 's one of the reasons we , we moved here , we wanted to get into the catchment area erm so I 've got no , no thoughts about private education . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't want to stop during the race because it was my first attempt at the 400 metres hurdles and I wanted to get into the junior rankings , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Yeah , but I thought perhaps you wanted to get into the freezer |
| 18 | But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock . |
| 19 | They wanted to get in the diocesan surveyor to have a look at it before they shelled out for repairs . |
| 20 | Pete says he just wanted to get in the air so he read about the sport in magazines and then got in touch with the association … he says the sport is easy if you know what you are doing but you can pay dearly for your mistakes |