Example sentences of "[pers pn] get [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And you could say I get about a lot without meeting anybody . |
2 | If I get into a structure , if I , if I start trying to learn it I 'm gon na do it all . |
3 | ‘ I usually only scrub the front tyre when I get into a turn too hot but this is how it goes : You 're in fourth gear and jetting down to this U-turn . |
4 | I get into a carriage and take Berlioz out of my briefcase . |
5 | That 's , that 's just like me that is , if I get into a rhythm and someone gives er , I can do it then , but if I just sit on a page , I think oh how do you do that ? |
6 | I got to cross the road — I remember that , so when I get to a gate I go out and have a look round . |
7 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
8 | And normally if I get near a computer it goes wrong . |
9 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
10 | And in the Slovenský Raj the paths go through the steams and when you get to a waterfall , ladders have been built to take you to the top . |
11 | Now when you get to a T R P what are the three things that can happen ? |
12 | when you get to a window I do n't know other than t the curtains wo n't be fire retardant will they ? |
13 | So you go along to the next D and there 's no Os there , so you come down , D , no Os , so you keep going along the lines and every time you get to a D you stop |
14 | Continue until the path meets a river , turn left and follow the river until you get to a bridge . |
15 | I mean , when you get to a point where you 're playing stadiums and it 's nothing special any more , you know something 's wrong . |
16 | The trouble with all these lines is that when you get to a length exceeding about fifty miles ( 80km ) , the curvature of the Earth begins to become significant : a straight line on the map is not necessarily a straight line on the ground . |
17 | you get to a training to the training school . |
18 | ‘ That 's a bargain when you consider how much protection you get for a building 's contents alone , ’ says Kelly . |
19 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |
20 | Even if it 's one of those tremmy pretend combs you get with a Barbie doll , oh this 'll do ! |
21 | I mean Mr Chairman it may just say honestly , I mean this is among ourselves from the commercial point of view there 's no doubt about it , I 'm in the grocery trade , the more you get on a lorry when you deliver you get every single |
22 | Five bob , and then you get on a piece rate . |
23 | And then the second says show that that complex numbered to the power of four where that complex number is that complex number , so all you do is that four , that and then you get minus a corner . |
24 | Seven , a bit big I would , I would n't go bigger than five , you get through a lot more business with four or five . |
25 | Coetzee understands both related forms : ‘ You get into a person 's private life , inside his inside . |
26 | If you get into a roundabout and you m and you make a mistake , what 's the best thing to do ? |
27 | I think you get into a habit of some people |
28 | It 's funny how you get into A lot of people are like that . |
29 | ‘ But because you have no concept of how to relate to people on anything other than a superficial level , you have a terrible shock when you get into a situation like marriage and find that it does n't live up to your fantasies . |
30 | Traveller Victoria Cooper said : ‘ The smell was awful — just like you get from a gas cooker . |