Example sentences of "[v-ing] to get at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately you touched those bones , and all the others did the same , laughing and jostling to get at the coffin . |
| 2 | The TRAGEDIANS demur , trying to get at the coin . |
| 3 | A bloke who was trying to get at the tomato purée gave him rather an odd look , but Quigley was not bothered . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm just trying to get at the truth , ’ soothed Blanche . |
| 5 | No more was heard for a while about how the Masai were straining to get at the Kikuyu . |