Example sentences of "to get [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd invented schools for children , on the basis that since reading and writing were quite difficult it was best to get them over with early .
2 I think their suggestion was that they had to go via Norwood Gardens because they then turned right at the in and went up into the middle of and it was to get them on to that line that they had to go through .
3 They 're trying to get them up to three pound a packet , that 's what they 're trying to do .
4 Because once you have let them go you ca n't begin to get them back for another five years . ’
5 If you 've neglected your legs during the winter and are planning to get them out for some spring sunshine then check out the new Stripwax from Jolen , £3.95 for 36 strips .
6 If they get there the men plot all kinds of strategies to get them out of such posts .
7 He used to get me up at six to go in work for seven .
8 And he he used to get me up at seven o'clock , come to work for him .
9 There were days when the world was shrouded in a mist and I would feign headaches and period pains to get me out of awkward situations such as reading in class .
10 I think there must be things I can do now , lucrative things , to get me out of this scene .
11 " There 's no story going to get me out of this one . "
12 I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in .
13 Barry might well be back any second to get me out of this . ’
14 To get you out of that .
15 ‘ Mr Woodbarf , nothing is going to get you out of this . ’
16 And I think we ought to get him over to one of our meetings .
17 But once the swelling subsides we will be pulling out all the stops to get him back into full training , and playing again in six weeks . ’
18 It did n't take much to get him back into proper work ; the pleasant surprise was that the three weeks holiday had done him a lot of good .
19 The er other thing about our crew was that er one time there , I guess after was the only one that got back and they , they had to get him back on flying service .
20 And even if the Prince of Gwynedd should send an army to set him free , how were they to get him out of that impregnable hold ?
21 He was beginning to wish he 'd built another K9 to get him out of these spots .
22 ‘ We are trying our best to get him out before that … as quickly as possible , and we will see him soon with any luck . ’
23 Robert von Tonder , leader of the white separatist Boer-estaat Party , warned : ‘ Since De Klerk wo n't allow us an election to get him out democratically , we will have to get him out by other means .
24 Hell , Nick , I tried to get her out of that place , but she did n't care .
25 Surely , to get her out of that tedious place — if only for a time — must be a better answer .
26 She knew instinctively that Buzz would reappear to get her out of this place and help her to recover .
27 ‘ Desmond , ’ said Margaret Seymour-Strachey , ‘ you 've got to get her back into that house as soon as possible .
28 Er we 'd dearly like to get it up to three figures again obviously because a amongst other things this affects the number of representatives that we get for conferences and so on .
29 If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest .
30 He added : ‘ We have targeted this and we will look next at reducing waiting times to 18 months across the board and eventually hope to get it down to less than a year . ’
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