Example sentences of "[noun pl] to get at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the higher primates these possibilities can already be seen emerging as actualities when chimpanzees use twigs to get at the occupants of a termite-mound , or wave branches to scare off leopards . |
| 2 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
| 3 | When he removed the crates to get at the tarpaulin he realized it was covering something , further stimulating his interest . |
| 4 | But before the meeting could commence a group of young demonstrators attempted to break through the police lines to get at the counter-demonstrators , who were jeering , shouting slogans and singing party songs . |
| 5 | Gabo , Moore and Hepworth took sections and punched holes to get at the space within . |
| 6 | You will just need to uudecode the following file called champs to get at the gif called leeds2.gif . |
| 7 | Carpenter bees use their saw-jaws to cut holes in the sides of flowers to get at the nectaries . |
| 8 | Perhaps , with its powerful jaws , it also routinely crunched up bones of dead carcasses to get at the marrow , a scavenger-cum-predator like today 's lion or hyaena . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't realise I 'd be going round treading on people 's corns to get at the truth ! ’ |