Example sentences of "[vb past] manage to get [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can both go to hell for all I care , ’ Sarella wondered how it was they 'd managed to get off the subject of the telephone call so quickly . |
| 2 | The whole legion of them from all sorts of different things , you know , there was the , the one about the , the secretary of the , of the club , the secretary of some organization , youth organization , said , in her annual reports , commented on how many young girls they 'd managed to get in the club that year . |
| 3 | The upshot was that after much argument all three of them agreed to help out , and all five of us did manage to get to the church on time . |
| 4 | ‘ Ah , ’ he said at the finish , ‘ there was a rumour a few years ago that some Russo had managed to get to the top of the mountain . ’ |
| 5 | Elizabeth , meanwhile , had managed to get down the lane and had reached her father-in-law 's farm , even though the narrow cart track was blocked in several places where the snow had drifted up against the hedge . |
| 6 | Freddie had managed to get into the hall by now , although even here his hostess had contrived to place her formidable bulk before the front door , her expression revealing , only too plainly , her disappointment at his early departure and her failure at not having conducted the evening more to her advantage . |