Example sentences of "to get the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was essential to get the engine to pieces as soon as possible to stop further corrosion . |
| 2 | But I was rewriting that to try to get the lines to work and all of those things , and they mess it up a little bit , which annoyed me . |
| 3 | ‘ We are looking to get the ball to Alan |
| 4 | Anyone who has torn round the house in search of a lost shoe while trying to get the kids to school will sympathise with the camel that collapsed under the weight of one more straw . |
| 5 | Our only hope is to get the phetam to Fraxilly , get our creds , and find a safe hiding place — until everyones interest in us dies down . ’ |
| 6 | He watched the screen , struggled to get the frame-hold to work , all the while keeping an eye on the scene in the operating theatre . |
| 7 | Although Mabel was a more sympathetic personality than her sister Ethel , when it came to discipline she was equally strict , the difference being that she did not take pleasure in enforcing the ruthless repetition that was necessary to get the routines to perfection and consequently the Girls adored her . |
| 8 | Cos if you leave d go the cord straight away the cord just goes shooting up there , the weight inside comes down here and you lose the cord and you have to take the whole lot p t apart in order to get the thing to work again . |
| 9 | Recently , I returned to Walton junction with my children to get the train to Ormskirk . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh … we 're just off to get the train to Holborn . ’ |
| 11 | Councillors decided to press for alternative routes by sea , to get the weapons to Faslane and Coulport . |
| 12 | Then the one that runs the quarry to us , he 's well he 's worse only he was behind it in a way , he had he was the one with the brains , he was the one that new how to get the men to work for nothing . |
| 13 | Her first task was to get the information to London . |
| 14 | She wanted to get the children to school and er als she 'd no money for things for their breakfast . |
| 15 | To get the children to school and all the rest of it . |