Example sentences of "[adj] to get [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I had a figure to go to and I 'm delighted to get her at the price . ’
2 He goes , no , you 're not supposed to do it like that you 're supposed to get her on the floor and step on her head ! you 're not doing it right !
3 erm you 're likely to get plenty of no 's .
4 The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end .
5 I CA N'T think of anything more likely to get us through the pre-Christmas traumas than a new play by Don Hayworth .
6 Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there .
7 ‘ It is much more helpful to get it from an eyewitness , than from scribbled notes . ’
8 ‘ I ca n't remember riding for Jonjo before , but it would be great to get him off the mark and this horse certainly has a bit of a chance , ’ smiled Willie who is closing fast on another century .
9 Too late to get him in the team , though . ’
10 It 's important to get it from the mother . ’
11 Erm , under number one erm , is the Chairman aware that the er current talk in Whitehall which has given out the contracts for er new secure accommodation units in various counties that the current talk in Whitehall is that because Leicestershire does n't know its own mind because of the recent votes over secure accommodation that it 's unlikely to get one in the present er round and is n't that a damning indictment erm of the Liberal and Labour parties in this county .
12 He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’
13 Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was .
14 Are we gon na be able to get them into the right place ?
15 Will you be able to get them in the morning ? ’
16 It 's not a matter of distancing yourself , I would stress that — cricket is a very emotional game which stays with you long after the hours of play — but it is a matter of being able to get everything into a context .
17 ‘ Very soon I 'll be able to get one on the grounds of separation . ’
18 At first , you may still have accidents as you may not be able to get her to the potty in time , but she 'll gradually learn to hold on longer .
19 In the UK it will only be used under the law according to the 1967 Abortion Act , so no one will be able to get it over the counter at the chemist 's , nor will it be prescribed by GPs .
20 Oh I wo n't be able to get it for the following day .
21 You might be able to get it from a library .
22 Christina was pleased to get her into the car without being mobbed , and drove quickly out of town and on to the coast-road .
23 ‘ I find analysis essential to get me through the day .
24 Stoke boss Lou Macari was more subdued as he admitted : ‘ It needed a little spark of magic up front to get us into the next round , but we did n't have that spark tonight . ’
25 Awfully difficult to get it in the car was n't it ?
26 The Minister is naturally anxious to get me off the subject of the ’ Save our Schools ’ campaign , the No Turning Back group and his views on comprehensive education .
27 I would like to thank all the members erm , who 've served on that committee and indeed the officers who 've worked for it , because a lot of the background work and a lot of the er , consultation with departments has been necessary to get us to the erm , reasonably satisfactory stage we 're at , considering the ext extremely severe restrictions on government ex , er , on local government spending , er resulting from the cap .
28 And possibly buy some stuff myself if that 's what necessary to get it over a discount price .
29 ‘ She seemed pretty keen to get me on the team , ’ I said .
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