Example sentences of "be [adj] to get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you 've been patched up , your hull 's been scraped , a lick of paint and you 're ready to get back into the great sea of life . |
| 2 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 3 | Many people are glad to get out of the towns with all the problems of vandalism . |
| 4 | Sadly , church people have often so dismally failed to get along with each other that they are powerless to get along with the needy in the world . |
| 5 | Several of the larger equipment companies have a mail order service , which is useful if you are unable to get out to the shops . |
| 6 | By doing this the work of the council is expedited and the officers of the council are able to get on with the instructions of the committee without waiting for confirmation by the council of the decisions of the committee . |
| 7 | ‘ Making ten films is truly boring , ’ he says ‘ If I had worked continuously with the same cameraman , I would n't have been able to get up in the morning . |
| 8 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 9 | My Lord er in paragraph three fourteen of the statement of claim there is an important fact er which is a fact that is admitted by the defendant which is this that had the defendant on the plaintiff 's behalf taken the opportunity which was open to the plaintiff by virtue of national condition twenty two which should say and served a special notice to complete upon the vendors on about the eighteenth or the twenty second of October , the contract would in fact have been rescinded on the thirteenth or the nineteenth of November nineteen eighty five and the plaintiff would therefore have been able to get out of the contract and that , as I say , is admitted in the amended dissent . |
| 10 | ( On most types of training glider it will be possible to get down to the pre-stall buffet and continue with either a slight rocking of the wings or a very gentle inner wingdrop . ) |
| 11 | Mike had managed to smuggle her out of the hotel yesterday evening , but , as he had pointed out to her , it would be impossible to get out of the country at the moment without alerting the Press . |
| 12 | And then I expect you 'll be glad to get back to the Vicarage . |
| 13 | I know I shall be glad to get back across the Atlas . |
| 14 | I think I 'll be happier to get back to the traditional gold and yellows and browns on wallflowers . |
| 15 | The men who lived at the graphite pits in 1898 — 9 were the same persons who would be likely to get up in the middle of the night to help take stolen cattle five kilometres to the next relay team , thereby earning a little money and easing the tedium of village life . |
| 16 | Tomorrow we should be able to get over to the mainland . |
| 17 | And all his working life his mind was set on when he retired , instead of down doing it , you know , late at night he was going to be able to get up in the morning and do it . |
| 18 | It can he useful to recap on the action you want taken after putting on pressure : ‘ If I call talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to he delayed . |
| 19 | ( a ) ‘ If I can talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to be delayed . |
| 20 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 21 | If there was trouble he 'd have to spend the rest of the day putting it down and would n't be able to get on with the arms search at all . |
| 22 | I wonder if you 'd be able to get in on the day without tickets . |
| 23 | Will we be able to get in before the day to check up on what colour we want things and yo , that sort of thing , you know you just you know ? |
| 24 | It was a nice morning and it was good to be able to get out of the barracks and just run ; it became immediately apparent that there were some who were fitter than others , and the Corporals ran at the back encouraging the slow ones . |
| 25 | You 'll be able to get out of the car know darling , instead of climbing into the hedge wo n't you ? . |
| 26 | If it becomes obvious during the base leg or final turn that you are far too high to be able to get down in the chosen field , it is often possible to make an S-turn to use up some of the height . |
| 27 | When he has good selective movements in his hemiplegic leg , he may be able to get down from the bath seat into the bath tub . |
| 28 | With any luck she might be able to get back to the apartment before he found out what had happened . |
| 29 | If there is any restriction on movement , however slight , of the spine , hips and lower limbs , the person may be unable to get out of the way of a dangerous moving object with sufficient speed to prevent mishap . |
| 30 | This afternoon you will be eager to get back into the saddle and perhaps visit the beautiful lake district around the picturesque village of Oud-Loosdrecht ( a gentle 1–½ hour round trip ) . |