Example sentences of "[adv] gets in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , when man ( or woman ) talks of ‘ God ’ he just gets in the way . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm a traditionalist at heart and do n't bother with the padding either because it just gets in the way . ’ |
| 3 | The ecclesiasticism that so often gets in the way of the gospel ; the temporal concerns of church politics that take up so much time ; the fussiness of much of church life ; our obsession with ‘ churchy ’ things — all these and more are aspects of additions that are really secondary concerns . |
| 4 | I really want to get , I er , I I want you to , I did n't really want to make it to four , I did n't want to get it too formalized because I think that sometimes gets in the way of real information . |
| 5 | It was like watching someone else have that dream we all have : where we 're already late and we 've got to clear these last few things , but every time we try , something else gets in the way . |
| 6 | As a result , the panel actually gets in the way of discovering the very information it is there to find out . |
| 7 | Of course one wants to avoid situations where the conflict reaches excessive levels and actually gets in the way of running the business , but if the right decisions are to be taken it is essential that conflicting views are heard and thrashed out . |