Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later on , perhaps at the next election , there might be an opportunity for me to get into Parliament . |
| 2 | This gives an annual opportunity for me to get up to dates with Fordyce Maxwell of The Scotsman , an old friend from my Berwick days , at the preliminaries . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot of people feel shy about going into a Tax Office , so this is a good opportunity for them to get any help they need , ’ explained Peter Guy , the Inland Revenue 's Customer Service Manager in the province . |
| 4 | Or damaged goods can , you know , put the foot through it to get the insurance cover on what we pay and we 're liable . |
| 5 | Maybe this song will catch on , but I think Deano needs to buck up a bit for it to get sung some more . |
| 6 | We told them she was losing the baby , but they thought it was just a scam for her to get out of the cell . |
| 7 | That 'll be another scam for her to get money ! |
| 8 | ‘ And the times for you getting down to London for the attack on Oliver , if you include the times you — or whoever — were seen in the toilets at Tottenham Court Road , are looking very tight ; there was a delay on all the flights from Edinburgh into Heathrow that day … makes it impossible , really . ’ |
| 9 | She had allowed five minutes for him to get back ahead of her — she 'd no desire to go trailing in his arrogant footsteps ! |
| 10 | ' But there was n't enough in the extract for me to get the context . |
| 11 | Good practice for them getting there : fly to Paris make contact with somebody who gives them a new passport find your own way to Frankfurt . ’ |
| 12 | As he opened the door of the car for her to get out he smiled , a smile that appeared eloquent both of regret and appeal . |
| 13 | Miranda is lying on her tummy for she has the bath to herself , and she 's pretending she 's swimming , thinking of it getting dark and Manjiku rising , rising from the deep , tracking her . |
| 14 | I think maybe that side of me gets mistaken for maturity . |
| 15 | Chris promised to help me buy the drinks and organize the that side of it getting the drinks . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're looking to win every game now and there 's even talk of us getting into Europe , ’ he said jokingly . |
| 17 | ‘ Who 'd get the blame , I ask you , if some young big-head like him got larking about in that lot , and the whole thing caved in and buried him alive ? |
| 18 | The horse under me got upset and started bucking , and there were suddenly sheep everywhere , but he calmly rounded them up , put them in a corner and sat watching them . ’ |
| 19 | But you 've got to practice with me to get the movements right so I 'm to stand in for the swan . ’ |
| 20 | H you can do higher hopping and P fast and R round you got ta turn around with a skipping rope and W waives . |
| 21 | I did n't mean to butt in , but we 're already late , thanks to me getting lost . |
| 22 | We 'll arrive on her doorstep within fifteen minutes of her getting there . |
| 23 | The problem I must admit the problem that surprised me with overheads is that erm people ca n't write and listen at the same time , or the other thing is , you put something on an overhead th every bit of it gets written down which is why I adapted it so that you did . |
| 24 | The vast majority of you got all three questions right . |
| 25 | When Charles obtained his post at Suffolk , there had been a certain amount of pressure from both sets of parents for them to get married . |
| 26 | So I 'd suggest again that the sensible place to shout armed police is as soon as you enter because the fraction of a second between you getting from the hall to the bedroom is n't going to make any difference . |
| 27 | erm , I , I do n't think there 's any question about you getting a minister |
| 28 | He 's got this thing to do with his computer when he can get hold of it to get the computer |
| 29 | Three years ago a tortoise of ours got killed like that and on just about this very spot . |
| 30 | ‘ We definitely played differently from Leeds and it 's only a question of him getting used to us and our ways . |