Example sentences of "[adj] to get [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing . |
| 2 | The trouble was , of course , that among Henry 's sort of person , a rugby-playing surveyor , for example , or the kind of dentist like David Sprott who was n't afraid to get up on his hind legs at a social gathering and talk , seriously and at length , about teeth , he was considered something of a subversive . |
| 3 | Possibly the most trouble-free and profitable course in the first year is to grass-let part of the farm , on your own terms , thereby keeping the farm in work whilst leaving you free to get on with your development plans . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 5 | In this way the haulier spends as little time as possible on the matter and is free to get on with what he does best — haulage . |
| 6 | He leaves me free to get on with it and I like that . |
| 7 | Beneath this is a system which takes charge of managing computing parameters , leaving each application free to get on with its job . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you are free to get on with your lives , ’ Ruth told him quietly . |
| 9 | The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 10 | But I fancy that England is content to get on with the war , and that things take a more practical turn at home . |
| 11 | It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample . |
| 12 | He had never found it easy to get up in the morning , and being under sentence of death did not make the prospect of a new day any more enticing . |
| 13 | Yes , the body was spotted by one of our patrol boats , but it was low tide , you see , and not easy to get ashore from a boat just then . |
| 14 | They were nice , or all right , kind or likeable or easy to get on with . |
| 15 | The other Met girls , Sheila , Marjorie , Babs , Dora and Jean were all very easy to get on with , and the Met Office was custom built for the job , with benches that were properly lit and stools the right height for us to work from . |
| 16 | Overall , the 238's layout is very easy to get on with , and it does n't take long , even for a first-timer , to get the hang of operating the buttons . |
| 17 | By all accounts , William senior was not easy to get on with the turnover of partners in the early years of the practice was rapid , until he met his match in one Major Faulks in 1905 who not only outlived him , but stayed with the firm as a consultant until 1965 when he finally retired — at the age of 90 . |
| 18 | Easy to get on with , familiar and quite literally you wo n't know how you managed before , that is of course unless your existing cooker is a New World . |
| 19 | George was a friendly person who was easy to get on with . |
| 20 | she 's easy to get on with is Eileen , probably be shattered with talking after she 'd gone , but she 's easy I mean I , there 's lots I would n't want coming to stay , but Eileen is one I do n't , I would n't mind because , well oh I know Eileen 's ways and er , er , her , my interests are very much like hers we 've similar interest with family and everything , er it 's just if you 've nothing in common with them |
| 21 | It may not seem as hard nowadays , because people know that it 's easy to get out of . |
| 22 | This is impossible to do by staying within the lines , although it is easy to get close to success . |
| 23 | I really thought I could n't bear not to at least understand what he was going through , but by that time my opinion was totally irrelevant — not wanted — added to which , I 'm not easy to get along with anyway because I 'm not a ‘ yes-man ’ . |
| 24 | Clearly impressed with is new-found walking advertisement , he finds Madonna ‘ very easy to get along with . |
| 25 | But she would be relieved to get back to her own bright flat again , going about her normal Saturday chores . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I gambled today and we were fortunate to get away with it . |
| 27 | He was fortunate to get away with his life , but sooner or later his luck will run out . ’ |
| 28 | Nesbitt and his two Italian companions had evidently been fortunate to get away from Bahdu ; it was here that the first of their servants was murdered ; two others were killed in the course of the journey . |
| 29 | Léonie was delighted to get out of the house . |
| 30 | It was impossible to get away from him , though , so in desperation she resorted to other tactics . |