Example sentences of "to get [prep] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back . |
| 2 | One dog may then try to get between the herd and the straggler , and try to drive it towards the rest of the pack . |
| 3 | It would not have been possible for the Government of 1945-51 to get through the legislation if they had faced the delaying tactics that have characterised the progress of Bills in the past 11 to 12 years . |
| 4 | Consumption of drinks and drugs go up : alcohol consumption can increase — maybe to a second scotch before dinner , maybe to two Special Brews to get through the afternoon and a bottle of wine every evening ; smoking can increase , as can the consumption of tea and coffee — even though these are physical stimulants ( and can therefore mimic anxiety ) rather than relaxants . |
| 5 | The Hurricanes had to be shorn of their wings to get through the tunnel but the Fulmars went through with wings folded . |
| 6 | The point I 'm going to make is that erm , if we are n't going to get through the year and we 're all going to have to take a percentage of our March allowances because the money 's run out and we 're cash limited even if we give ourselves five percent extra , erm , could I get an assurance from the officers that the people that have n't put in their forms will get a note to remind them to do so , so that everybody is in there , you wo n't suddenly find that because you have n't had your claim form in by the fourteenth you 're gon na get nothing and everybody else is gon na get something . |
| 7 | The black cloud was right above them now and some of the congregation had begun to stir uneasily in expectation of the downpour , wondering whether the Padre would manage to get through the service before it fell . |
| 8 | The grypesh were clawing over their own dead to get through the gate whilst swords and staves and Ratagan 's axe took a fearful toll . |
| 9 | Physics is very rarely discussed on the courses ; the students ' main aim is to get through the course and pass the examinations . |
| 10 | And er this was him trying to get off the subject when he was getting a bit nervous I think . |
| 11 | Lloyd took half-an-hour to get off the mark but finished with 101 as Lancashire piled up 321 for five against Worcestershire . |
| 12 | When she did come we were all excited , but we all got told to get off the concourse and hide ! |
| 13 | Helmut Kohl 's calls to brief Major on the British economy are doubtless answered by a builder screaming at the German Chancellor to speak English , or ordering him to get off the line so they can deal with the other jobs they 've got on the go . |
| 14 | " You 'll have to get off the boat and fly , " she said . |
| 15 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 16 | These enabled his pupils to get off the ground and many began imitating the set of motifs he introduced into his illustrations . |
| 17 | The Individual Programme Plans of Elizabeth and Helen , which took two attempts to get off the ground because of staff changes and inadequate training , have been virtually suspended — even before the first reviews — because of the latest staffing upheaval . |
| 18 | For many people , however , one of the bonuses of retirement is the ability to get off the treadmill and stop rushing . |
| 19 | in the end I mean normally it was the other way round , the Labour candidate could n't wait to get out , cos you know trying to get out the door and John was |
| 20 | You know besides the fact that I I wan na work when I 'm when I 'm not working , I still like to get out the house and get involved in something . |
| 21 | Somehow or other they had to get beneath the certainty and feed the seeds of doubt . |
| 22 | Then it was brother Alan 's turn to get behind the wheel and he passed . |
| 23 | You know , give us a chance to get into the play and get comfortable on our feet and we 'll have a go , well , Johnson does n't give you that option does he ? |
| 24 | As always women must wear a skirt on or below the knee to get into the enclosure and men have to wear a tie — regatta traditions which are rigidly adhered to . |
| 25 | it 's okay I 'm just borrowing your body to get into the cinema and then you can disappear ! |
| 26 | If there was a swell on the east side where the the grating but there was also a gully landing which you get into the gully but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully and there was a derrick there er you could a crane there that you could take everything out of the boat but it had to be a very fine day to get into the gully . |
| 27 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |
| 28 | In the spadefoot , the intense competition among males for females means that some over-anxious males do not wait for the females to get into the pond but instead waylay them on the way to the breeding ground ; the pair then arrive at the pond already in amplexus . |
| 29 | He was a young er man er who was just er a young boy , he was promoting records and trying to get into the business and , and er he remembered me well , and when they found out that I was n't easy to , to reach , no-one knew where I was , he was able to track me down and when he told me that er I had this big hit record , I thought it was someone playing a joke on me , because here in America , they have a television show called The Blue Bird , where they play jokes on people and , and tell them things , and then they videotape you and then there 's a funny reaction that this is a big television show . |
| 30 | My mother and father both encouraged me in my playing , but I was n't encouraged to get into the business because they knew it was kind of tough . |