Example sentences of "get [indef pn] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At this rate Mrs Livesey will get nothing out of it . ’
2 You 'll get nothing out of him , the man 's practically penniless , and he is n't worth the trouble . ’
3 When he could see he would get nothing out of Dad , the visitor continued .
4 ‘ That 's just as well , for you 'll get nothing out of her .
5 would n't get nothing out like that
6 Yanto had told her to give the small salmon to Sid , providing he coughed up the twenty quid , but Mary decided she could get something out of it herself , especially after that uncomfortable bicycle ride .
7 Yet they certainly yearned for and must get something out of it .
8 Maybe they can get something out of it . ’
9 No , she had wanted to go home where she would get something out of the fridge she had found ready stocked for her on her arrival in Taipei .
10 Some said ‘ we might as well get something out of them for nothing ’ and others said , ‘ ah I know the Manager and he 's a decent skin ’ .
11 social work qualification but , erm , on the other hand you know it 's a structured sort of and therefore you get , you know , there 'd be reviews and all this sort of thing , and therefore you 'd get something out of it .
12 ’ Why should n't celebrities get something out of it ?
13 ‘ Well , why should n't I get something out of it too ?
14 What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something .
15 Er that they are changing a whole range o of non-economic variables which allow the peasant the world to see the world does n't have to be like this we can actually question the landlord and not only can we get away with it but we can get something out of it .
16 ‘ I think you 'd lie to St Peter , ’ she retorted evenly , ‘ if you thought you might get something out of it . ’
17 We just have to play to the best of our ability and if that 's good enough we may get something out of it . ’
18 But in fact he did get something out of it , a confused , exhausted numbness that almost comforted his aching muscles , and robbed even his overwrought mind of its sharpest awareness as they overpowered him .
19 If he could get Jordan talking , he might get something out of him .
20 if I 'd have known about that , if it goes , it goes and it do n't we should get something out of it .
21 I 'm getting out for a pee in a minute , so I 'll get one out of the Land Rover if you throw the keys . ’
22 IN any examination for consistency and co-operation , the people in charge of the education of our children would get nought out of ten .
23 Like when I ca n't get anything out of the hall , the audience , I turn into myself , close my eyes and try to find something there . ’
24 A mysterious man , she admitted , because she could n't get anything out of her daughter about him , but a man all the same .
25 Did you get anything out of him about … about anything ? ’
26 And it 's not true that I do n't get anything out of it when I see him .
27 She 's worried in some way about him , but I ca n't get anything out of her .
28 One of the big dangers of group training is that if the first one has n't got the skills skills is that he might not get anything out of it .
29 So what I 'm saying is we need to be very , as soon as you get the stuff , that , if you wan na get anything out of this course at all , and what people do get out of the course , is the fact that by the time they leave here we 've said right , that 's the way we 're going that 's what we 're gon na aim for and it is reasonable time .
30 I ca n't get anything out in the crossword , I 've only got thirst .
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