Example sentences of "to get [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's based on the equality of opportunity we talk about , that it should , no matter what your background , erm where you come from , as Marianne rightly says , you are able to get right to the top .
2 Pallister missed the European Championship because of back and foot injuries and Ferguson stressed : ‘ He has worked so hard this summer to get right for the season and I am sure it will pay off for him . ’
3 And yes , she had meant what she had said in her note , that it 'd be nice to get together for a chat and … things .
4 On his visit to London we were able to get together for a bit of a jam and a chat about some of the parts he played on the ‘ new ’ album …
5 And we always try to get together for a while in the same room before we play a concert , just to make sure we have a talk and a laugh .
6 I have sometimes wondered if they , Cooper and McMahon ever managed to get together for a rubber of whist or bridge .
7 But guitarist Paul Laventhol explained , prior to the gig : ‘ This is just a one-off , because we had so many people wanting us to get together for a show .
8 What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator .
9 MP and JF to get together in the meantime , to see if any short-term improvements are possible .
10 Two areas of France dominate French bikesport — the Auvergne area , which has produced Christian and Dominique Sarron , Morillas and 1982 250 world champ Jean Louis Tournadre , and the Cote d'Azur , which has given us Raymond Roche , Jean Francois Balde and Ruggia — and these local heroes love to get together in the winter for fun and games .
11 Sports Link : Ipswich sports clubs with junior sections are being given a rare opportunity to get together in the town .
12 But some of the children there erm , somebody must have been very , very , optimistic because we put a lot , a lot of presents in there , but anyway I think it was a superb night , and , and , and the meeting of er , to get together in the fire station afterwards , quite , in the Price Room was very good .
13 We should be looking at ways of being more selective about treatment , and I think one of the reasons for wishing to study miocenia gravis in such detail is to be able to get so inside the mechanism of production of the disease that we can in fact simply turn off the miocenia disease process and leave the rest of the immune system just as it was .
14 Have actually already covered them another time and I do n't want to get deeper in the stealth now than that , there 's a limit on the time now available this morning .
15 to get outside under a pointilliste sky ,
16 Their toughness and wounds are high enough to enable them to get away without a shield .
17 " The subsequent court case was heard at Lewes when the boat 's owner pleaded guilty , but his accomplice pleaded ignorance and managed to get away without a prison sentence , his excuse being that once he realised what was happening he felt obliged to remain on board as it would have been dangerous to leave the owner alone to handle the boat with a load of passengers .
18 Big Ben was lucky to get away with a mistake at the second fence in his warm-up round , but is likely to be more careful when it matters .
19 The four man gang managed to get away with a £3,000 haul after breaking into Harper and Harper furniture store in Northgate , Darlington .
20 United were lucky to get away with a draw .
21 ‘ Very pretty , ’ said George , ‘ but how are we going to get away with the treasure , when we have no ship ? ’
22 What we both needed was to get away for a couple of days , to go somewhere peaceful , relaxing and free of any association with the past , where we could work out where we stood .
23 She had been so pleased when Dr. Briant had suggested she lunch with him in the medical staff dining room , aching as she was to get away for a while at least from the uncomfortable atmosphere of the Maternity Ward .
24 When asked how he had enjoyed his stay at Castaic , he said , ‘ It was a relief to get away for a while .
25 I know it 's risky — a lot more risky than if I waited for Yukio to finish programming the starpod — but I just need to get away for a while , by myself , and think .
26 With Boz out of the caravan I was able to get away for a while .
27 He was delighted that Hoare planned to get away for a holiday in Switzerland .
28 She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well .
29 When he fell ill in 1857 he was granted £30 to enable him to get away for the winter , and six months ' leave of absence shortly afterwards .
30 Fortunately it did n't although the Romanians were able to get away for the silver .
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