Example sentences of "[vb past] to get [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She in turn tried to get away from the bird , but was so firmly strapped into the chair that she was unable to move . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 3 | They 're not very flattering they did n't er , you were n't rated very highly I 'm afraid I think er you tried to get away from the traditional type of |
| 4 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 5 | The jeep was bouncing them about mercilessly as the Brigadier tried to get back to the village in time for the Captain and the Substitute to go back to Florence and eat . |
| 6 | He tried to get back to the drawing room unheard , but she was waiting . |
| 7 | In football , there was an early shock for Liverpool at Anfield as the champions tried to get back to the top of the table with Arsenal playing Leeds United at Highbury tomorrow . |
| 8 | Ever a Walter Mitty character , he tried to get back into the CIA fold , but after the North fiasco they did not want to know him . |
| 9 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |
| 10 | Hayes next hit Roger Ford just above the glove as he tried to get out of the way , and was out lbw ; 384 for 9 . |
| 11 | ‘ You tried to get out of the black hole with an ordinary rocket . |
| 12 | At least my father tried to get out of the trap , but I doubt if Jones has ever struggled , even with his conscience . |
| 13 | After driving to Rolls Wood Group [ Repair & Overhauls ] Ltd , they tried to get out of the car . |
| 14 | The pilots were drunk and half-naked ; they got no help from the French girls , who simply screamed and tried to get out of the window . |
| 15 | When she tried to get out of the passenger door , he struck her again and called her more names . ’ |
| 16 | If LEAs take their assigned task seriously , schools may begin to hanker for the days when they were given the tools and told to get on with the job . |
| 17 | Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 . |
| 18 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 19 | The fighting spirit we showed to get back in the game was encourageing , perhaps Batts should have played from the start . |
| 20 | Slowly , he moved nearer to me , but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground . |
| 21 | Nkrumah decided to get out on the road . |
| 22 | After three years working as a photographer 's assistant , Jason decided to get out of the ‘ rat race ’ and joined ecologically-minded art group Reactivart . |
| 23 | It was then that Nigger decided to get in on the act , and launched himself the length of the hallway . |
| 24 | He decided to get back between the covers , or under the covers . |
| 25 | Space and air and the chance to go at his own pace , and most of all he needed to get away from the Zoo to that place which in the weeks he had been ill he had begun to sense must exist , though he knew neither its name nor where it might be . |
| 26 | He repeatedly stated they needed to get on with the ‘ disclosure ’ work as quickly as possible . |
| 27 | Seeing how low she was , Anthony decided that she needed to get out of the house and gave her reluctant permission to spend half of each day in court . |
| 28 | Faces turned as he came out and sleepy people started to get up from the low walls and boulders it the side of the road . |
| 29 | She meant to get on in the world . |
| 30 | It was what actors call a total ‘ corpse ’ , and , although they managed to get through to the end of the play , any tension they might have built up was dissipated . |