Example sentences of "get in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coaching can be a great help — but it can also get in the way , for slavishly following a pedantic teacher can produce very strange results , with the candidate ending up trying to sound like someone he or she is n't . |
| 2 | Of the greatest player of her day , Jane Austen wrote only that ‘ We were quite satisfied with Mr. Kean , ’ — which may not look so good splashed across the marquee but which is all many of the experts demand : as far as Miss Austen is concerned , he did n't get in the way of the drama . |
| 3 | FOR THE title of his last chapter Paul Fussell borrows Walt Whitman 's prediction about the American Civil War , ‘ The real war will never get in the books ’ , and then comments : ‘ Nor will the Second World War , and ‘ books ’ includes this one . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Only in the last three years did it get in the way of anything and I was n't able to do any bounding ( a vital exercise in training ) or , in the end , any high jumping . ’ |
| 5 | It seems there can never be an absolute spectacle overpowering cowed spectators : some hair will always get in the gate . |
| 6 | That game was billed as football 's Armageddon and the fact that there was no trouble between rival fans in the Rheinstadion did not get in the way of a good hooligan story . |
| 7 | I love my wife and children but I do n't let them get in the way of company work . ’ |
| 8 | It is very easy to pull out if it does get in the wrong place . |
| 9 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 10 | He ( or she ) could get in the way of the running of the party machine . |
| 11 | When Zweig would n't come , Strauss lost his temper and wrote the famous letter attacking all politicians and everyone who lets politics get in the way of art . |
| 12 | They claimed that before the cameras began to roll Kylie and Charlie could be seen locked in heated discussion abut just how heavy they should get in the love scene . |
| 13 | It would get in the way of their appreciation , if any , of the novel . |
| 14 | Paul Chertkow , currency strategist at Citibank in London , said : ‘ If investors decide to sell the pound then they wo n't let the peseta get in the way ; they will sell pesetas as well . ’ |
| 15 | Financial adviser Kean Seager of Whitechurch Securities said : ‘ That is better than you can get in the building society — but how much extra risk is being taken ? |
| 16 | Traditionally , Alsace wines never see new wood , and the appellation laws clearly preclude anything that might get in the way of ‘ fruit plus terroir ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ We have tried to examine our down-side and taken a very prudent view of the problems we might get in the future , ’ he said . |
| 18 | So we will get in the Middle East the kind of solution there is between East and West Germany , or North and South Korea … it rests on a kind of status quo , a state of expectation , until something happens or something dies , or something changes , and life goes on , that 's all . |
| 19 | Short-term goals should be achievable in the near future if the vagaries of daily life or training mistakes do n't constantly get in the way . |
| 20 | ‘ When you 've put the jack away , ’ she said , ‘ could you get in the car and go and get Maisie from ballet ? ’ |
| 21 | No one is quite sure whether Baxter 's stories are fact or fiction but like that other legendary wordsmith , the former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly , Slim Jim never let reality get in the way of a good yarn . |
| 22 | Mary Worty had a habit of getting drunk and then getting into fights and her face was criss-crossed with cuts and she would get in the window of her bedroom , start giving the history of people all the way down and then they 'd all get out in crowds . |
| 23 | It also means knowing a bit about ourselves , so that old habits , opinions and attitudes do n't get in the way . |
| 24 | BUSINESSES currently need all the help they can get in the current economic climate and maintaining staff is vital . |
| 25 | They have been quick to protest at having their profits squeezed , but , Mackenzie concedes , ‘ it 's all the work we can get in the present market ’ . |
| 26 | I thought they might get in the car and … |
| 27 | ‘ Let's get in the back . |
| 28 | However , if you are committed to jumping a fence , they should not get in the way . |
| 29 | To really get in the swing of things we celebrated in the evening with a Caribbean dinner followed by a rum punch party . |
| 30 | The hotelier told them , ‘ I 'm afraid I only have four beds and there are already four kings in them , however , if you do n't mind you can get in the same bed . ’ |