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 .
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