Example sentences of "get [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the inherent improbability that trained intelligence agents would simply add an armed suitcase bomb tagged for New York-JFK to a pile of international luggage waiting to be loaded in Luqa and then trust to luck that , unescorted , the bomb would get through the baggage-handling and security arrangements of two other major airports and be loaded aboard the target aircraft before the timer triggered an explosion , there remained the problem with the provenance and reliability of the Frankfurt baggage-list that was said to have identified the suitcase in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ I looked back and I thought he might get off the verge but it was wet . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | He concluded the scene by saying that we would soon be stopping at Newmarket , but that British owners should n't get off the train as they would find no races there . |
| 5 | Indeed , many were beginning to doubt whether it would ever get off the ground but news that work will start next week will provide fresh confidence and eagerness to see what develops . |
| 6 | He smiled a slow smile and pointed out callously , ‘ The chances are that your business will never get off the ground and I 'll end up cheated of the money you owe me . ’ |
| 7 | As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . |
| 8 | It would be a help if I could get about the countryside when he was working . |
| 9 | How many charter marks do I get for the notion that The Servant of Two Masters is worth doing ? |
| 10 | Er we 're going to er get it drafted up and er we have some money in the , we have some money in our budget , for a gift , and it seems to me appropriate erm that the gift that we might make to Cheskevod is the s trading charter which we can get for the money that we 've budgeted er written by a calligrapher who I 've already contacted , who said that they can do it erm well , for that sort of price , in both English and Czech . |
| 11 | Well there 're not normally saying will you get out the way before I throw this thing or I 'll stab you with it . |
| 12 | I 'm here , let he get out the way cos I 'm here |
| 13 | Why do n't we get under the table and make love ? ’ |
| 14 | But when I get to the other side I ca n't get onto the platform cos of this other gate . |
| 15 | The next morning , without seeing any of the family , who were heaven knew where , she made herself some breakfast under the smiling gaze of Rose or Mary — she did n't know which — and before she could get into a worry as to whether Feargal had meant his offer to take her to Carlingford he walked in through the back door . |
| 16 | He said , well let's put it this way he said I can get into a Ford and start it without breaking any windows |
| 17 | I could not get into a routine because there was nothing to get into a routine with ! |
| 18 | And then it 's up to you know th er it just makes it so much easier for the kids alright but it also is much easier for the form teacher to know who 's not bringing in homework who 's who 's you know er erm and what have you , and I just feel that that helps the kids get into a routine and it will highlight immediately the work problem the kids who have got work problems or problems about where they 're gon na have |
| 19 | The Def Leppard singer , at No 10 with Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , admits : ‘ I could never get into a plane and smash things up like some stars do . |
| 20 | Anyway since editing is the main problem , what we 're going to do this afternoon is , actually , I 'm going to show you another video and again it 's a very controversial one , again it 's used in , in teaching situations , again it has a biased point of view in the sense that it 's produced by National Power , er clearly as a P R job for introduction into schools erm and I want you to do the same exercise , but this time I want us to edit them among ourselves and what I 'm going to do is to get you to wri write your reviews and then we 'll divide into small groups , while you 're watching it I 'll co I 'll count how , however many people we 've got here , we 'll copy the reviews and in the same groups I want you to edit one another 's reviews and then er discuss them within the groups once you 've , once you 've marked them so we 'll get into the small , we 'll do the review we 'll write the review and then we will er , I distribute the , you can go and have a cup of coffee while we copy them , then we 'll distribute them , you can mark them , er individually on your own and then we 'll get into a group and you can criticize one another 's reviews , we 'll take them one at a time , we 'll probably be in groups of four , okay , but I 'll see , I 'll see how many , what the most suitable number is , okay so , if you , would you be kind enough to that |
| 21 | The first task that we have is to present ourselves and that way we can get into the papers and on to the TV and smash those trends that are destroying things , sucking up people 's blood . |
| 22 | Also place in the aquarium were two small terracotta flower pots and a couple of shallow terracotta dishes for feeding purposes ( food place in the dishes if not eaten is easily removed and does n't get into the substrate and rot in there ) . |
| 23 | Junctions controlled by traffic lights do not go forward when the traffic lights are green unless there is room for you to clear the junction safely , never go forward when the red , amber lights are shown together , when traffic lights have a green arrow filter signal , do not get into the lane when filtering is allowed unless you . |
| 24 | He said that dichloromethane , for instance , has a very short atmospheric lifetime , so it does not get into the stratosphere and cause the same problems as CFCs , carbon tetrachloride or 1,1,1-trichloroethane . |
| 25 | ‘ Because he stayed in the bath too long and got shrunk , ’ said his grandad , who could never get into the bathroom when he wanted to because William or his mum were usually there , her in the bath or him on the lavatory reading a comic , which was one of his little pleasures in life . |
| 26 | You can really get into the part if you have to play somebody upset . |
| 27 | If you have to wash the fruit , rinse very quickly before removing the stalk otherwise water will get into the fruit and destroy the delicate flavour . |
| 28 | And a chain there and we used to tie her to this chain so that she could get into the box and out again , and then we used to put the cubs there first in the straw and then we used to put her there do you see . |
| 29 | She told me how much food to give him every day , and to be sure to leave the window open a bit so he could get into the garden and do his business . |
| 30 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |