Example sentences of "as it [modal v] get " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | car it 'll do either one of them I do n't care whether you 've got a diesel engine or a petrol engine as long as it 'll get me from A to B. |
| 2 | A small sized gravel , ( about 10mm ) can be used for paths , but not for drives , as it would get into tyre treads . |
| 3 | The scenes-of-crime van was parked as near the site as it could get , planks had been laid on the ground approaching and under the scaffolding to preserve whatever evidence there might be , and the area where the body was had been screened off . |
| 4 | Nigel caught up with me and I was glad to have company as it can get spooky in the half-light . |
| 5 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 6 | Significant as this historic blending of two opposing technologies is , USL has struck another major chord in claiming that it will attempt to provide its customers with what is as close to a master binary as it can get . |
| 7 | If this leaves the gripper too far from the desired point , the robot tries adjusting each joint a little in turn to see which adjustment moves the torch 's image most quickly towards the point I. It selects the most significant joint and keeps moving this one until the torch 's image is as close as it can get to I ; then it tries adjusting another joint , and so on , until the gripper is close enough . |
| 8 | Right Mr Gordon I think the room is now as full as it can get so we 'll kick off today 's proceedings er could you start by introducing your team for the record . |
| 9 | And so I said , saying to my wife , Well , I said er , I 've got , I 'm going to get involved in bus fares to and from office , and I 'd got two kids at that time and I said er , I do n't know when Anne said , Well no good , cos she was a good socialist and all , and says , Right , no good letting money stand in the road as it will get by . |