Example sentences of "[not/n't] get [adv] [prep] hand " in BNC.

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1 Is it not time , though , to ask whether all this heady ferment over a mere conductor — Abbado or any other — has not got out of hand ?
2 Therefore if you issue a licence like this the local authorities can check up , market people can god own and make sure it 's not getting out of hand and the local police know the sort of traffic to expect and therefore can control .
3 The freedoms of childhood include flirting with father and attempting to seduce mother in the safe knowledge that this is play and it will not get out of hand .
4 They are part of preparation for life and , provided they do not get out of hand , do no harm whatever .
5 Provided sado-masochism limits itself to practices between consenting partners ( and provided it does not get out of hand ) and affects no one else , it is doubtful whether remedial measures are necessary or justifiable .
6 If it 's manageable and does n't get out of hand I reckon we accept it .
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