Example sentences of "get [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is really surprising the number of obscure groups who will get together for a celebration . |
| 3 | Many a time a fellow would get away with a caution . |
| 4 | They may get away with a trick or two , but only for as long as nobody is watching too closely . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They 're not gon na let you get away with a lot ! |
| 10 | ‘ You should get away for a bit , ’ Helen continued . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 13 | Nobody would ever get close to a man like Felipe de Santis and she refused to acknowledge that she wanted to get close . |
| 14 | Even given that these are projected figures , it would take a massive error to even get close to a break-even , never mind a situation whereby track costs were not covered . |
| 15 | do n't get close to a fire — you ca n't feel the heat and it can easily burn you . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I can get home without a guide , ’ I said politely . |
| 17 | If everything went well , they would get there at a quarter to two and wait for Johann to open the front door . |
| 18 | When I travelled across to the other side of the island , I could see the other islands , and I said to myself , ‘ Perhaps I can get there with a boat . |
| 19 | Might get there in a minute but I think these are going to go on the floor in a minute . |
| 20 | Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees . |
| 21 | ‘ An ‘ ordinary ’ girl , as you put it , would n't get anywhere near a son of the Khedive . ’ |