Example sentences of "[is] [adj] get [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I was never a good getter-up but I do have the excuse that I often retire very late , particularly if I have a visitor in the afternoon and need to get a bit of washing or something done at night when it is possible to get on with it without interruptions . |
| 2 | Erm so erm maybe because of the continuity between some forms of abusive sexual practice and erm what we expect of kids , what we train kids to do anyway um it means that abuse is easier to get away with . |
| 3 | I got virtually equal marks across arts and sciences for O levels , so making a choice at A level was difficult , but I felt a bit swayed by the fact that people said it 's best to do science subjects as far as jobs and university places go ; it 's difficult to get on to arts courses , but it 's easier to get on to science courses … that 's really why I chose science , ultimately . |
| 4 | And it 's easier to get along with brother so and so and sister so and so , but for goodness me I find , I find it ever so difficult to talk to sister so and so and there 's an area perhaps that we can er think about , stay awake by being respectful and obedient and that 's something that is very important because it 's completely opposite in the world today , respect for all authority and obedience to it is absolutely gone by the ways I find refrain from criticism and careless talk so there are the main points , but as we say we ca n't go into them all , well , so what we 're going to do is to try and just highlight one or two little areas which we could er enlarge on or put the magnifying glass on , so shall we do that ? |
| 5 | erm By comparison in A-level grades it 's easier to get in at Sussex in Chemistry than it is in English . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | It may not seem as hard nowadays , because people know that it 's easy to get out of . |
| 9 | But I fancy that England is content to get on with the war , and that things take a more practical turn at home . |
| 10 | According to Kuhn , the latter is characterized by total disagreement and constant debate over fundamentals , so much so that it is impossible to get down to detailed , esoteric work . |
| 11 | This is impossible to do by staying within the lines , although it is easy to get close to success . |
| 12 | That 's good news says Pyramid , because SNI is likely to get closer to it in the short term while these issues are being resolved , whatever the eventual outcome . |
| 13 | Thus , for example , it may make sense to have an integrated commuter rail service and inner-city subway , and to subsidize it to prevent people driving through congested streets ; but only a local government embracing both the suburbs and the inner city is likely to get close to the efficient policy . |
| 14 | We could improve on a little bit was er , the time spent on incoming calls and queries which is hard to get away from . |
| 15 | Once you 've done it it 's something it 's hard to get out of . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I certainly find that if I sit down and play blues for forty-five minutes or an hour , it 's hard to get back into the rock feel . |
| 17 | Sometimes it is good to get away from the particular disciplines of our own medium and techniques and try something else . |
| 18 | It 's great to get away from it all ! |
| 19 | This term is useful to get away from certain stereotypes which tend to come into people 's minds when " thinking " is mentioned . |
| 20 | It 's good to get out of the atmosphere of a Home for a time . ’ |
| 21 | Oh yes my old beauty , it 's all getting back to normal now . |
| 22 | So he said that 's all got out of proportion . |
| 23 | But a combination of the £1.3 billion cash call and the general lack of confidence in the pharmaceutical sector means that Zeneca is unlikely to get off to the sort of flying start that some had hoped for . |
| 24 | When referrals have come from other professionals it is important to get back to the parents ' view rather than working from the information in the referral letter . |
| 25 | When a dolphin becomes trapped in a net , it drowns because it is unable to get back to the surface to refill its lungs when the supply of air runs out . |
| 26 | Add the position of his feet being wide apart and he is unable to get out of the way or play down the line . |
| 27 | Grant pulls up in his car but realises that due to the camber he is unable to get out of his door , so he drives up the road does a three point turn and positions his vehicle to aid his extraction from the car seat to the pavement . |
| 28 | No manager , in any half-decent company , is able to get away with claiming that he has made all the improvements it is possible to make . |
| 29 | I got virtually equal marks across arts and sciences for O levels , so making a choice at A level was difficult , but I felt a bit swayed by the fact that people said it 's best to do science subjects as far as jobs and university places go ; it 's difficult to get on to arts courses , but it 's easier to get on to science courses … that 's really why I chose science , ultimately . |
| 30 | Both the exhibition and the Show reminded us forcibly that it 's difficult to get away from politics in China . |