Example sentences of "[noun sg] getting [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're in the middle of an investigation and , quite frankly , we do n't want anyone from Central HQ getting in the way . ’ |
| 2 | It seems , however , Rocky will have his work getting into the team now ( barring injuries ) . |
| 3 | If breathing stops , there is no oxygen getting to the brain and within three minutes the brains cells begin to die . |
| 4 | Router movement can be solved by changing the holding bolts for longer ones with a fine thread and fitting very thick washers , so enabling the nuts to be fully tightened without the router getting in the way of the spanner . |
| 5 | It 's thought the blaze may have been caused by a spark from a firework used in a stage act getting into the air heating system . |
| 6 | It 's thought the blaze may have been caused by a spark from a firework used in a stage act getting into the air heating system . |
| 7 | Recently overheard : a tourist getting off the Cairngorm ski lift saying to a friend ‘ Lovely view ’ . |
| 8 | Use these only as a last resort , since it is better to stop moisture getting into the walls in the first place . |
| 9 | A sulking Myeloski climbed back into the Moskvich with the sulking driver getting in the front . |
| 10 | I first went , I suppose in in something like the nineteen seventies , and I can remember in those days having some difficulty getting into the country . |
| 11 | An alternative would be a huge gift , something large which the drag brides have difficulty getting through the door , such as a golfing umbrella , or a garden umbrella if the couple hope to move from bachelor flats into a house . |
| 12 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 13 | If you have difficulty getting to the lavatory , it could be made more accessible by special adaptations such as hand rails or a raised seat . |
| 14 | Jill 's life revolves round them both , and there have been times when she has even had difficulty getting to the shops , let alone keeping up her own interests and going out in the evenings . |
| 15 | To prevent water getting into the sand and spoiling the bed , you could leave open joints , and point them as you do crazy paving . |
| 16 | To stop muddy water getting into the valves , they had to find an alcove in the roof , and create an artificial air bell by opening a tank and filling the alcove with air . |
| 17 | Left : Anti-leak upstand prevents water getting behind the tiles |
| 18 | Whoever did the planning on this job could n't have expected to find a second person getting into the car . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah but you ca n't cos the the sun here the sun will be about here on that picture and all you 're doing this this shadow on the on the bottom half of the the earth is caused by the moon getting in the way . |
| 20 | And there 's no use getting in the exam on Thursday and say ah well I 'm afraid I 've not done it on that arm so erm lost |
| 21 | I 'd lost my helmet getting into the cab — and did n't realise I was n't wearing protective gloves until I noticed soot on my hands . ’ |
| 22 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 23 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 24 | If in Murder in the Cathedral he had chosen a particular martyrdom which functioned as a bloody , savage ritual , then in the plays which followed , connections with primitive ritual would be clearer — if anything , as Eliot later feared when thinking of The Family Reunion , too clear , the primitive outline getting in the way of the Christian story . |
| 25 | ‘ The family was also very sensible because all the doors downstairs were closed , which prevented more air getting to the fire . |
| 26 | So that 's worth bearing in mind , and how you handle it , I mean maybe the press officer makes an arrangement to facilitate the the actual contact , but the press officer , a good press officer is not a person who stops the press getting into an organization , a good press officer is somebody who facilitates the press getting into the organization in the right way and talking to the right people preferably about the right things , but if not the right things the wrong things to the right with the right people , if you understand what I 'm saying . |
| 27 | ‘ There is a significant risk ’ the committee said , ‘ of decay in the sewerage system getting beyond the water authorities ’ control … |
| 28 | He says if there'as any possibility of rabies getting into the country it 's a very serious matter . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 30 | Once on the island he lost no time getting to the prison , and within the hour was waiting in the ante-chamber to an interview room , listening to the distant , hollow sound of metal ringing on metal , and footsteps echoing morbidly as men exercised and moved about their token business . |