Example sentences of "[noun sg] get [prep] the ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody in ‘ our town ’ feels indignant about the insult to the respected old gentleman , and a proposal gets off the ground to give a subscription dinner in his honour ; but finally ‘ we ’ think better of it , ‘ perhaps realizing at last that a man had , after all , been pulled by the nose , so there really was n't any cause for a celebration . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have a very important campaign to get off the ground . ’ |
| 3 | He 'd forced a window to get into the ground floor maisonette in the Belmont area of Hereford . |
| 4 | Even more gripping than this documentary feature is Apted 's fictional movie based on the same incident , Thunderheart , a tight , concentrated political drama which the director got off the ground thanks to the backing of Robert De Niro . |
| 5 | You know , the difficulty of getting up to the flats , i you know I I suffered from arthritis , and er you know i it was quite a strenuous business to get from the ground up to our own flat . |
| 6 | If this new award gets off the ground , it will replace the current British Quality Association Awards which was won by Chemical Products Billingham in 1989 and for which ‘ Melinar ’ at Wilton received a commendation in 1991 . |
| 7 | WORKING TOO HARD FOR YOUR SOCIAL LIFE TO GET OFF THE GROUND ? |
| 8 | Paris was first and despite a struggle to get off the ground , the company now has three operations bringing in some £200,000 a week . |
| 9 | AN Anglo-Russian company got off the ground yesterday to run production and sales of a Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev airliner . |
| 10 | Partner John Winram says his business will also act as a co-ordinator if the venture gets off the ground . |
| 11 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Since the INCUBUS investigation looks like taking some time to get off the ground I can at least devote my attention to this new one . ’ |