Example sentences of "one [vb mod] get [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … one may get on knowing very well that one 's courage does not come of itself … |
| 2 | The manual is the nearest one could get to an International Code Sportif or Sporting Code which enables all competitively minded flyers of steerable or stunt kites to operate on identical standards . |
| 3 | The water in the moat was deep , and if he pulled up the drawbridge over the moat , no one could get to him . |
| 4 | But she was told this did n't happen because that office had shut and no one could get into it . |
| 5 | ‘ No one could get in there . |
| 6 | Frozen vegetables were , somehow , a lowering of standards , but they were quick and convenient and really fresher than anything one could get in the London shops . |
| 7 | Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " . |
| 8 | It is like the problems one would get into if time travel were possible , which I do n't think it ever will be . |
| 9 | Mother always liked this one for the dining room because she was afraid that the needles of the real one would get into the food . |
| 10 | La Cage aux Folles A gay film , certainly ; but as far removed from the work of Derek Jarman as one can get without actually leaving this solar system . |
| 11 | Written by Peter Corrigan , with first-person inserts from JDavies , this handsome book is about as close as one can get to a warts-and-all picture of an ambitious international player . |
| 12 | The relationship between husband and wife is seen as the closest one can get to God ; the love that a man and woman feel for each other is the highest form of spirituality . |
| 13 | The closer one can get to reality , the easier the learning by the student , provided that the necessary knowledge has been given previously to facilitate comprehension . |
| 14 | The nearest one can get to a level equivalence is to say that it is at roughly A Level standard , though it differs hugely from any actual A Level examination , and this comparison should not be taken too literally . |
| 15 | Perhaps the closest one can get to the truth lies in a remarkable admission made by the Chief of the Luftwaffe himself , General Hoeppner ; that , at Verdun , ‘ We did not exactly know what should be required of aviation . ’ |
| 16 | The light switches are behind the bar , and no one can get at them but Pepe himself . ’ |
| 17 | But the larger and more complex the system , the further one can get by studying its workings . |