Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple were also together last night hosting a private Christmas get together for staff at Kensington Palace . |
| 2 | With a fast growing population , virtually no international aid , and a devastating war to get over , the Vietnamese need to wring as much productivity as they can out of every patch of serviceable land and every drop of water . |
| 3 | On the way a strong wind gets up and blows a tree down . |
| 4 | A smiles back at the base with Eamonn Martin , below left , but it was a rocky ride to get there , below |
| 5 | Gloucestershire cricketer , David ’ Syd ’ Lawrence is making a last-ditch attempt to get back to full fitness after his knee injury . |
| 6 | The atmosphere is good-humoured , with a strong sense of relief that adults can for a few moments get together without thinking of what is to be done next with twenty or thirty demanding , stimulating and occasionally frustrating children . |
| 7 | A warning was given but residents had only a few minutes to get out before the blast rocked their houses . |
| 8 | " I had a few problems getting away . " |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll have to give it a few days to get properly weather-beaten . |
| 10 | Even at top levels of Highlight speed it would take us a few bio-days to get there . |
| 11 | Starting at the crowded favoured end is all very well if you can get a good clean start , but more often than not , there is so much crowding that only a few boards get away in clean wind . |
| 12 | Luckily no one drowned but a few people got very wet ! |
| 13 | A few people got terribly carried away , leaping up to voice their guilt at John being kidnapped and saying that it should have been them . |
| 14 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
| 15 | He argues : ‘ I have little doubt that on average we will see a premium of about a third , but it could take a few weeks to get there . |
| 16 | But you still earned a few bob to get on . |
| 17 | At one crowded meeting a British soldier got up and said , ‘ Why is it that you Burmese are always talking about independence and self-government ? |
| 18 | as long as I 've gone by , or I 'm leaving here by eleven give me a half hour to get home . |
| 19 | You have one and a half hours to get here . |
| 20 | After school , I had to get practise and it took about one and a half hours to get there . |
| 21 | Naturally both sides got down and our men started swearing at the Germans , when all at once a brave German got on to his parapet and shouted ‘ We are very sorry about that ; we hope no one was hurt . |
| 22 | No plenty of bloody but no or see he forgot to go up and help was busy on Boxing Day they wo n't pay , they give them a free ticket to get in . |
| 23 | She was breathing quickly , and I realized she had run by a quicker way to get ahead of me . |
| 24 | Because different lenses are used for different purposes ( for example , a wide-angle lens gets more visual information on-screen than a close-up lens ) , even in straightforward recording , it could be argued that any photographic image is already a distortion of what one sees in the real world . |
| 25 | Common philosophy : What is becoming clear as the partnership progresses is that BP and Unipart share a common philosophy — based on quality products , a focus on giving customers the best possible service , and a commercial drive to get more bang for fewer bucks . |
| 26 | The timing of the Bayeux speech — after the popular rejection of the first assembly 's draft and before a second assembly got down to work — suggests strongly that de Gaulle made it with the aim of influencing the constitution-making process . |
| 27 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 28 | Even the first screen 's a real killer to get through . |
| 29 | She had needed to make a real effort to get up today at all . |
| 30 | The estranged wife of the Marquis of Blandford says he 's making a real effort to get back on the straight and narrow . |