Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barrel was nearly empty and I had to climb right inside to get my apple . |
| 2 | They wandered off to the north-east a bit but not badly enough to get really lost , and after a while made a correction to drift back to north . |
| 3 | Right so to get back to what I gave you , you 'll take three off . |
| 4 | Stay in your chair until you are told it is all right to get up — the camera may still be on you . |
| 5 | It is also a mark of the wavering course the Tories have pursued , hopping uncertainly from blue-rinsed stage set to matey bar stool to Mr Major 's rediscovered soapbox , but seldom pausing long enough to get across the gravity of their message . |
| 6 | He started shaking if you said ‘ Hello ’ too loudly and for several hours after his punishment felt very hungry because he could n't hold a knife and fork long enough to get the food into his mouth . |
| 7 | Often the most one can learn from them is that the student stuck out the course and actually learned enough to pass the examination , retaining what he learned long enough to get it down on paper . |
| 8 | It was a miracle that so many people managed it — and for long enough to get engaged and married . |
| 9 | One man who was n't there long enough to get his head crunched by the rugger roughs was BEZ from The Mondays . |
| 10 | Never have long enough to get ready ? |
| 11 | He would have warmed to Eileen had he lived long enough to get to know her . |
| 12 | Kate , a poor little rich girl with her own private rink , can barely keep a partner long enough to get to the Olympics , let alone win a gold medal . |
| 13 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
| 14 | If I last long enough to get to the air … . |
| 15 | It could n't be the same Rover , because they 'd have recognised the car , although he hoped they had n't stopped long enough to get the number . |
| 16 | ‘ Not long enough to get a pay-off cheque from Mick Jagger . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He forgot about his bleeding arm long enough to get on a horse and run , ’ fitzAlan said grimly , retrieving his cloak and swiftly re-tying the pack . |
| 18 | He brought you back here , and you stayed with him long enough to get him to part with the doge 's ring … ’ |
| 19 | In particular , Tony Bray , who is retired , has objected to a question which asks how often the respondent has taken part in physical activity long enough to get ‘ sweaty ’ in the past month . |
| 20 | In a flash of inspiration , they replaced the oil with mashed bananas , which lubricated the engine just long enough to get them to civilisation . |
| 21 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 22 | If we talk to people only enough to get the job done , we miss out on the added pleasure we can get from developing relationships at work . |
| 23 | No , perhaps only enough to get her to Boston and a little on top . |
| 24 | So we 're looking on Global terms here erm basically and also within the E E C so basically to get market penetration . |
| 25 | Sure enough , after Lamb had won the toss the batsmen got in only to get out , and the innings ended on the second day for 160 . |
| 26 | During this process younger children learn that if they cry loud enough to get the parent involved they usually get their own way . |
| 27 | Yeah so just to get you so you understand about fractions , you know what 's going on and you can ask intelligent questions and your teacher 'll think , Oh she knows what she 's talking about . |
| 28 | No longer so just to get a feel f |
| 29 | That leaves us only tonight to get through . ’ |
| 30 | It took her much longer to get to Leominster Gardens , where Bob lived , than she had expected . |