Example sentences of "get [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could get on with a man like that . |
| 2 | ‘ When you needed an extra pair of hands in a hurry so that you could get on with a job , Roger was always the first to drop what he was doing and help you . ’ |
| 3 | Erm for another reasons , which we shall get on to a bit later , there may be a great deal of confusion , er memories may not be clear or well formed , um people , according to some theories and ideas , people may be under-reporting because um y'know it helps them maintain their eq equilibrium a bit better . |
| 4 | I want to leave by about ten tomorrow so I 'll get on to a garage first thing in the morning and hope they can fix my car straight away . ’ |
| 5 | Envoy Philipp Jenninger and President Kurt Waldheim should get on like a Reichstag on fire |
| 6 | ‘ You could only get in with a pass if you were a member of the project . |
| 7 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 8 | Now anyone can get in on a Wednesday with $8 and a business card . |
| 9 | But you did n't get in till a quarter past . |
| 10 | Or even , when it was apparent that we were not going to get anywhere with the local government , the whole neighbourhood would get together on a Sunday to work putting in the drains or paving the streets . |
| 11 | Could you get together with a supplier of high class ( quality ) foam and give us a design which is ergonomically good , visually pleasing , fairly simple to construct , adjustable , and something I can go to sleep in . |
| 12 | It is really surprising the number of obscure groups who will get together for a celebration . |
| 13 | The most people that we could get together in a weeks notice , we have to put the actual amalgamation of the team |
| 14 | For those who can not get down into a bath at all ( as is the case with many back-sufferers and arthritics ) , a shower fitment at one end of the bath , with nylon shower-proof curtains to pull round inside the bath , is one of the best answers . |
| 15 | The terrier , a Jack Russell , was always a hunting animal , working rough ground and even going to ground in those situations where it could safely get down into a fox earth or a drainpipe . |
| 16 | I wonder if we will get down to a workforce of zero if that is as competitive as we can get . ’ |
| 17 | Another trick that I have learnt is for increasing the likelihood that I will actually get down to a job which is becoming urgent but which I do n't want to do . |
| 18 | You two should get along like a house on fire as he 's by way of being quite an authority on horses these days . |
| 19 | got ta get through with a prayer now . |
| 20 | It makes far more sense to do two for the first day , then you can judge how many you can get through in a day from those two . |
| 21 | While in the summer you might get away with a pair of trail boots , I would always want to wear something more substantial for traditional British hill-walking . |
| 22 | Many a time a fellow would get away with a caution . |
| 23 | They may get away with a trick or two , but only for as long as nobody is watching too closely . |
| 24 | Will he ensure that the Italians and French do not get away with a failure to put into practice the rules and regulations that this country puts into practice immediately ? |
| 25 | And you think about this for a while — how a 72-year-old man can get away with a storyline that rappers 50 years his junior would get a battering for . |
| 26 | ‘ There are all sorts of people trying to rob and cheat you , but you sound like a doctor , and you , young lady , could never get away with a crime . |
| 27 | You can get away with a lot of things at Oxford , but disappearing off the face of the earth just before term starts is not one of them . |
| 28 | They 're not gon na let you get away with a lot ! |
| 29 | ‘ You should get away for a bit , ’ Helen continued . |
| 30 | And at the end of the day he 's tired , he 's physically weary , and he says let's get away for a while let's go over to the other side . |