Example sentences of "to get [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’ |
| 2 | I think what I personally think what you need is a coordinator in Glasgow , a coordinator in Edinburgh to get together with a general coordinator who 's going to cover Perth , Stirling |
| 3 | Along with all these grooves I 've written some accompanying drum machine patterns , but do try to get together with a real drummer or , better still , a number of different drummers . |
| 4 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 5 | East Stand ) Neither of them are now at leeds , one is playing in the USA and the other is dossing around for a year ( so he says ) before trying to get in with a lower division club . |
| 6 | Knowing more about the voice also means realising that raising the voice and screeching on a higher pitch ( inevitable when excited ) is not the way to get through to a rebellious teenager who is deliberately testing your limits . |
| 7 | erm The only way to get through to a diverted phone is to call it through the number it 's diverted to . |
| 8 | Okay , yes , and the only way to get through to a diverted number is to call the number it 's diverted to . |
| 9 | ‘ If I were a man , ’ she snapped furiously , ‘ you 'd find yourself lucky to get away with a bloody nose . |
| 10 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 11 | My own plans are somewhat uncertain because of the move , but I do plan to get away for a short break some time towards the end of the month , and I will keep you informed . |
| 12 | The Welsh star was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 13 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 14 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend , Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 15 | The wheat is less reliable , both in yield and quality , being much slower to get away in a cold spring and less certain to ripen and harden into high-quality baking grain . |
| 16 | It was necessary to get away from a beer-hall style of singing these works . |
| 17 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 18 | The first year of the new HCIMA programmes of study was shown to get off to a good start , with over 740 student enrolments . |
| 19 | ‘ We have got to get off to a good start and then maintain momentum , ’ said the 24-year-old Llewellyn . |
| 20 | We need to get off to a good start in the league . |
| 21 | IT 'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING RACE , AND IT LOOKS as if IMPROV FROM LOTUS — WHICH REALLY GRABS WINDOWS BY THE THROAT — IS GOING TO GET OFF TO A FLYING START . |
| 22 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 23 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 24 | He also suspected it was taking poor Sombro even longer to get home after a heavy session ! |
| 25 | I leave my heating on during the night because I do n't want to get up in a cold flat but people I know try to save their money by living in the cold . ’ |
| 26 | Warning people to get out of a certain hotel … ’ |
| 27 | Although stimulation of an individual country may not work , joint reflation of the OECD economies may help to get out of a world-wide recession . |
| 28 | Thus , it is possible for things to get out of a black hole . |
| 29 | How to get out of a tight situation |
| 30 | Where Hornblower 's cough is designed to give him time to avoid embarrassment or to get out of a tight corner , Septimus puts on his spectacles , which in fact he only needs for reading , when he needs time to think of a way out of a difficulty or the chance to seem more confident than he really is . |