Example sentences of "[to-vb] involved in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political activity could be a means for unemployed people to remain involved in society . |
| 2 | ‘ Partly common or garden jealousy , I think , and partly because they tend not to get involved in all the politics that goes on . ’ |
| 3 | Encourage your child to get involved in activities at school or in the area . |
| 4 | But on escaping from Wales to study music at Goldsmith 's College in London under the auspices of Aaron Copland , Cale decided that ‘ the best thing for a classical musician in London at that time was to get involved in avant-garde . |
| 5 | Derek Bluston , of the solicitors Malkin Janners , says : ‘ To get involved in litigation you either have to be very rich or very poor . |
| 6 | The quarry had a bad reputation , but we are trying to get involved in the local community and are improving the image of quarrying . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm really making a plea in the lectures that if the British want to get involved in Europe , they should show a few signs , be prepared to learn other languages , open up to other cultures . |
| 8 | Most of them are probably muttering , ‘ I 'm too busy to get involved in this sort of thing . |
| 9 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |
| 10 | It 's a stupid thing , I used to try really hard not to get involved in those conversations . |
| 11 | You see , there are many talkers about : politicians who want to change society but have not got time to help their next door neighbour ; Christians who want to sing their hymns but ca n't be bothered to get involved in their local church . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not paid to get involved in ideas of yours to swindle my employer , Zambia . ’ |
| 13 | But we really do n't want to get involved in exchanging single notes . |
| 14 | It takes a hard heart not to get involved in at least some of the games and sports on offer — especially when everything 's free — and even aerobics taken on greater appeal when there 's an inviting pool to plunge into to cool down . |
| 15 | Blows were exchanged between members of the audience somewhere at the front and the whole scene developed into a riot , with others not wishing to get involved in a fight scrambling for the exit . |
| 16 | If you can help the school with photos or exhibits or would like to get involved in some way , ‘ phone 0420 23273 . |
| 17 | Among other quincentenary revelries you may or may not want to get involved in are : jousting at Hever Castle , Tudor music at Kenwood and a pageant at Hedingham Castle . |
| 18 | Operation Raleigh was launched in 1984 by Prince Charles and John Blashford-Snell as a four-year project to encourage young people of all classes to get involved in community work abroad . |
| 19 | Arthur Graves describes an opportunity to get involved in running the University through the organisation which draws together all graduates . |
| 20 | But the movement is big enough and strategic enough for every single church grouping to get involved in it and to see again church planting as part of their raison d'etre . |
| 21 | We had from the outset a desire to cross barriers that had previously existed and to get involved in community groups . |
| 22 | If I did n't feel that way , I would n't have wanted to get involved in the first place . |
| 23 | ‘ It was fun to be able to get involved in the story and change the ending . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Obviously they have very long memories but I am not going to get involved in any more comments , ’ added the former Gloucester , Worcester and England batsman and BBC commentator . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ We put a very fair bid on the table , and I do n't want to get involved in an auction . |
| 26 | I have told them not to get involved in what 's going on at the club . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't want to get involved in anything like that again , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ I wanted to get involved in the music business . ’ |
| 29 | I wanted to get involved in the music business ’ |
| 30 | But the Research Board is hardly likely to get involved in a policing activity . |