Example sentences of "[v-ing] to get [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sloosh twice a day after brushing to get to all the areas your toothbrush ca n't reach and make your mouth a fresh , clean , plaque-free zone . |
| 2 | How on earth was I going to get through those two weeks ? |
| 3 | I do n't see any other way we are going to get over that problem . |
| 4 | " But I am not going to get into that happy position , am I ? " |
| 5 | ‘ You 're going to get into such trouble ! ’ |
| 6 | And until you do understand that you 're just going to get into more and more trouble . ’ |
| 7 | The situation is defined as one where ‘ you ca n't tell a teacher what you 're going to do , ’ the child who resists must face up to the consequence that ‘ you 've got to accept that you 're going to get into more and more trouble . ’ |
| 8 | Peter Yeo , who had personally persuaded Barton of the presentational disadvantage of using words like ‘ darkies ’ , ‘ niggers ’ or ‘ wogs ’ , decided that ‘ immigrants ’ even though used in the manner of one invoking a curse , was as good as he was going to get with this particular client . |
| 9 | How much childcare do Ministers think they are going to get for that sort of money ? |
| 10 | ‘ If you think you 're going to get to that receiver before I do , you 're a dead bear . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then how am I going to get to these castles ? ’ she asked rather crossly . |
| 12 | And er , as you 'll see , probably next week 's , I 'm not going to get to this now , er , next week , or possible the week after , even , depending on how long it takes me to get there , I will suggest to you that the revolution now taking place in behavioural science , does suggest wh what they are , and that there are in fact some deeply countering intuitive insights , erm , into this whole issue , which have only emerged in the last few years . |
| 13 | Interacting with the television is the only sort of intercourse you 're going to get at that age . |
| 14 | Yes , yes , oh yes I 've well you know the fires on that I had in all the winter I 'm going to get on that today . |
| 15 | Nanny 's not going without you , we 're just going to get in another car park , right but nanny 's got to nip in that shop quickly cos look , we 're late picking Ben up , we 've only got ten minutes and we 've got to be at , be at the nursery , alright , and nanny 's gone into that shop and we 're now gon na drive round the other side of that , that square and then erm , nanny will be back , alright ? |
| 16 | This tendency not to see beyond the individual and his or her legal specialism that has been used before , to the other service available in the firm , is an old-established one — ‘ although , ’ said , ‘ I had hoped we were starting to get past that ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Nah then , how are we goin' to get across this bloody river ? ’ the Mayor inquired . |
| 18 | I 've got a lot of players fighting to get in this team , and the Russian will have to join them . ’ |
| 19 | That 's the whole point of repackaging that I was trying to get across this morning . |
| 20 | Are you telling me I 'm wasting my time trying to get through this mental barrier of yours ? ’ |
| 21 | the number of people that are trying to get towards this sort of diet that I 'm on . |
| 22 | ‘ An entire army could drown trying to get into this place . |
| 23 | I 'm just trying to get past these cars . |
| 24 | I was just trying to get past some people in front of me and I stepped off the pavement and the driver — he did n't have a chance . |
| 25 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Even so , I 've been trying to get to this level for seven or eight years , even though I knew that people liked what I did . |