Example sentences of "[prep] getting into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of getting into the small shaky enclosure of plaited metal strips which was the lift was suddenly more than he could contemplate . |
| 2 | It was Lucy 's hope of getting into the outer office unchallenged . |
| 3 | Waiting for him , she thought of getting into the big bed . |
| 4 | Thus out of the middle only 27 will have any chance of getting into the top flight and then only into the second round of the Pilkington Cup . |
| 5 | Lovely name for getting into the Common Market . |
| 6 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |
| 7 | Using a condom can help prevent both men and women getting infected by their partners in penetrative sex , because it prevents vaginal fluids or semen from getting into the other person 's body . |
| 8 | The difficulties that public sector graduates have in getting into the senior positions in the professions have little to do with their academic accomplishments and much to do with the cultural stratification in society of which academic institutions are a part . |
| 9 | Suffice it to say , without getting into the tortured complexities of the US budget process , that everyone is fiddling with the numbers . |
| 10 | Some men might be able to present their own case : Sir John Harington described how he intended to bring forward a suit of his own by getting into the Privy Chamber before the breakfast covers were placed and waylaying the Queen when she came out of her bedchamber . |