Example sentences of "get [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By May 1341 all he had got out of parliament was a resolution to collect the rest of the ninth and an offer of an extra 10,000 sacks of wool ; no new money was granted . |
| 2 | It was noticeable that boards who had got furthest with training were those with a clearly articulated plan related to an explicit agreement on their overall purpose . |
| 3 | Repeatedly , he says that to brush a vicious old woman aside like a swatted fly and get on with life is to prove oneself a Napoleon — not Napoleon himself who lost whole armies and forgot about them , but a Napoleon . |
| 4 | Getting on with living is most people 's answer to the question . |
| 5 | When he arrived , getting down to work was the last thing on his mind . |
| 6 | I must say , the diplomatic bag works extremely fast in both directions , so we are managing to keep up some kind of dialogue : she was insistent that I get out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's as much as possible . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that getting out of bed is much more hazardous than getting in ; even when 65% of the beds were of the adjustable height variety . |
| 8 | Sleep is commonly disturbed in one way or another : some people nod off as soon as they get home and sit down ; they wake up at midnight with the TV still on — and then ca n't get back to sleep again till 3am ; some people find it impossible to wake up in the morning and getting out of bed is a real struggle ; others are awake at half-past four in the morning with their brains buzzing and churning ; some people find themselves getting very sleepy when difficult or anxiety-making things happen . |
| 9 | Just getting out of bed is a battle . |
| 10 | The two activities of using the toilet or commode and getting out of bed were responsible for 49% of all accidents . |
| 11 | The problems of being in prison and getting out of prison are still there , but it 's easier . |
| 12 | She looked around the vestibule , suddenly aware that this room where she ate a brioche and drank milky coffee as if at a feast of the gods on those mornings when she managed to get up in time was a mere dingy parlour , the curtains grey with city smuts , the tables pocked and charred by cigarettes . |
| 13 | Cos there 's no way you can get up to town is there ? |
| 14 | Bet you was glad to get out of road were you ? |
| 15 | last week and er what I want to get out of course is obviously increased confidence and skill at sort of maintaining the aims of the meeting or the presentation |
| 16 | Only from your own personal practical point of view is it [ physics ] more worthwhile , getting a job at the end … but I think a lot of people who come to university and do a degree job that is n't related in any way and what they should get out of university is social skills , and enjoyment , they should enjoy the course , so they should do the course they want to do , I think , in as many cases as possible . |