Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] get [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might just get to a goal that is difficult to master , or you could find that when you are about half-way through your goals you get stuck and can go no further . |
| 2 | The blue-green pillars of Hamelin Pool are living stromatolites and the groups of them standing on the sun-dappled sea-floor are as close as we may ever get to a scene from the world of two thousand million years ago . |
| 3 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |
| 4 | But it is no good ; I do n't know if you could even get into a home . ’ |
| 5 | The Def Leppard singer , at No 10 with Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , admits : ‘ I could never get into a plane and smash things up like some stars do . |
| 6 | Mendip Express , who was winning his 37th race , started at slight odds against , thanks to strong local support for Burannpour , who could never get in a blow at the leader once Miss Dare decided to go . |
| 7 | ‘ Well sir , I think we can rule out natural causes and I ca n't see how dynamite could accidentally get under a table , so unless he committed suicide in a way that endangered the lives of other people , I think we must assume it was murder . |
| 8 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 9 | Mr Dods , of Coatham House Farm , Coatham Mundeville , said : ‘ When I was young I would barely get on a bus on my own but I got so much out of Young Farmers . |
| 10 | As his wife had pointed out tartly , on many occasions , she herself would never get through a quarter of her work if she indulged herself in such idleness . |
| 11 | If you allow the speed to build up you will rapidly get into a situation you can not cope with , so take it very steadily until you become more experienced and confident . |
| 12 | You can easily get into a situation where the model is flying forwards relative to the ground but is actually flying backwards through the air . |
| 13 | As Jeffrey Richards showed in the first of three talks on Sexuality in the Middle Ages ( Radio 3 , Monday ) , you can always get past a lack of obvious data to find out the sort of thing that goes on in bedrooms . |