Example sentences of "[adj] to get [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Dean was not prepared to get into a wrangle with Wheeler about a diocesan servant .
2 It is very easy to get into a muddle with your files , especially when you are busy or need to use several disks to store them .
3 Mhm do you have do you have a lo I mean is it is it easy to get to in touch say you want to in an emergency , to get in touch with anyone phone , is it is it easy to get to a phone ?
4 It proved impossible to get within a factor of 10 of the sustainable production flow of 75 litres per second of hot water .
5 The boy told him that he had got a place in a hostel , but that he would be lucky to get into a place like that if it was his first night .
6 We motored on a further thirty miles and when the road ended were lucky to get on a goods train with our precious stock of food .
7 ‘ Perhaps he 's too ill to get to a telephone , ’ said Mervyn in a satisfied tone-'that 's what it is . ’
8 This is the closest this little girl is likely to get to a lion .
9 At 0-0 , they missed 2 of the best chances you 're ever likely to get in a cup tie against a premier league side .
10 Exactly yes we 'll take a breathing space until the new year I mean Neil says that at the moment he 'd be quite happy to get into a job where if he was a good worker he could progress in the job and I said an what about doing your radio repairs in the evening , but he just , he said yes .
11 Just the job , you would have thought , for those unable to get to a meeting .
12 being able to get to a room where there is a bath/shower , toilet and wash basin and be able to use them ,
13 She would never be able to get on a bicycle , she could n't possibly , she 'd fall off , and make a spectacle of herself .
14 The loss ( i. e. the amount to be deducted ) is the difference between the price the buyer had agreed to pay and the lower price which the seller is able to get on a re-sale elsewhere .
15 ‘ And another thing , she wo n't be able to get into a home here .
16 being able to get into a living room , or main family room ,
17 being able to get into a room that can be used as a bedroom , either upstairs or downstairs ,
18 that at people being able to get into a car and never driven before and be allowed out onto a highway !
19 It now seems easier for Scots to get into a Great Britain senior team than it is to get into the Commonwealth Games team .
20 It ought to be possible to get to a position where we can say with regard to a specific query : ‘ These are the most inherently valuable sources available worldwide ‘ about ’ that subject . ’
21 Now , there 's a lot of controversy sometimes about getting into universities , and I want to ask you , is it very difficult to get into a university these days ?
22 Incidentally , if an aircraft is very difficult to get into a spin , it also may be very difficult to recover .
23 I still do n't think there 's enough sexual equality because erm , a couple of years ago I studied mechanics , and when I left college I found it very , very difficult to get on a mechanics course so I 'm back again doing computing to try and get a job .
24 Once you have started in your job , you may find it difficult to get to a bank during banking hours — even though we have extended opening hours on Mondays to Friday at many or our branches , and you will now find a number of them open on Saturdays until 3.30pm .
25 Well the , the fourth point in relation to er we say that the point has been fully pleaded , corsation is a question of fact , the , er , it 's not an issue which we say arises on these preliminary issues and can raise it er under order eighteen , rule nineteen , if they so wish , that is traditionally the places where it seems nexus points arise erm and they will put in , er app , we will put in , the defendants will put in appropriate evidence at that point , depending upon whether the , the strike out allows evidence and how they frame their strike out , but the nexus point is fully pleaded , we set out step by step and in relation to er restrictions how they were caused the loss , my Lord at that point , at this point we believe that 's all we have to do and certainly we believe that it be sufficient to get over a strike out
26 It 's lovely to get into a size 16 instead of size 20 … . ‘
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