Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] get [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees .
2 They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark .
3 When a ring of netting is placed round a warren , all bolting rabbits must be caught provided that they are not able to get back into the burrow .
4 Species with good jumping ability are more able to get out of pits than are species that can not jump ( Rackham , 1982 ) .
5 Many educationalists in the nineteenth century believed that for the young it was right to teach only what was certain , such as geometry and classical languages ; once these had been mastered it would be all right to get on to more hypothetical subjects .
6 ’ We have learned things about the galaxy , ’ she replied grimly , ’ and we will be greatly glad to get back to our Ardakke .
7 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 ’ .
8 Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm .
9 if they would be very difficult to get through to somebody the truth
10 And I 'm very keen to get back into soccer management . ’
11 After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip .
12 Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar .
13 Villa were quite unable to get out of their own half after the interval , with Whelan 's precise , perceptive passing aways likely to unhinge them .
14 The method was to feed the snails on milk until they were too fat to get back into their shells , then fry them .
15 It 's much easier to get through to the other side of the world than to the other side of London , and the lines are much clearer too .
16 But they can be incredibly frustrating when something goes wrong because it 's so hard to get down to a nitty gritty level to sort out your problems .
17 It is much better to get out of bed and return after a short period when you feel more tired .
18 ‘ To me , it is just nice to get out of Leeds for a few weeks .
19 Contestant , Fiona , says she 's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible .
20 Contestant , Fiona , says she 's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible .
21 He 's just happy to get on with it .
22 Just because of the employment situation generally , it 's increasingly difficult to get back into work after raising a family if you 've had time off .
23 ‘ Though goodness knows there is n't much to get back to . ’
24 The food is imaginative and delicious — so good in fact that unless you have pre-booked it is virtually impossible to get in for dinner at week-ends .
25 It is surprisingly difficult to recognise an overshooting situation until often it is too late to get down without sideslipping and using full airbrake .
26 His opportunity comes when a lone housewife is murdered by a psychopath and shortly after he himself catches " flue and reckons he can trick the doctor into giving him an alibi that he is too ill to get out of bed .
27 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 .
28 I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work .
29 ‘ He would have had to have been very fast to get out to the car park in that time , ’ he said .
30 Because of this , they do n't find it easy to make friends and are very difficult to get on with .
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