Example sentences of "it can get " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not an uncritical admirer of the Labèque sisters : their performances can be uneven , and I have sometimes found them guilty of grabbing a composition by the collar and belting off with it before it can gets its breath . |
| 2 | It can get nowhere , it can move nothing . |
| 3 | ‘ If a department has an internal review it can get bogged down in internal considerations . |
| 4 | Alas , this book need all the blackmail it can get , for it can not stand up by itself to disinterested scrutiny . |
| 5 | The split saw Mr Norman Tebbit align the Tory Right with the Labour front bench , while Ulster Unionists , the Scottish Nationalists , the SDP , a few Labour leftwingers and the Liberal Democrats signalled grudging support for the Cabinet , which needs every vote it can get to pass the promised bill next spring . |
| 6 | There is hope for Hector 's , but it has certainly been saved from fishing nets at the last hour , and will need all the protection and help it can get if it is to survive through the next century . |
| 7 | Nigel caught up with me and I was glad to have company as it can get spooky in the half-light . |
| 8 | ‘ It can get rough . |
| 9 | One last compelling reason why diesel needs all the image-building it can get is the powerful petrol engine lobby , which includes manufacturers , motorists , and oil companies who would be stuck with an awful lot of petrol if the fashion should happen to change dramatically . |
| 10 | The Civil Protection Authority , together with the Italian army , navy and even Nato , needs all the time it can get . |
| 11 | Science is entitled to all the support it can get , to all it needs . |
| 12 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 13 | Upon reviewing all the comment 's replies to A , it concludes that it can get at least 10 ( hypothetical ) ‘ points ’ with A . |
| 14 | The machine knows that if it plays B it will be vulnerable to a reply that will leave it with fewer points than the least it can get by choosing A . |
| 15 | Submerged vegetation is not so lucky ; immobile , it takes whatever light it can get , preferably in the narrow range of blue light ( 450–500 nanometres ) . |
| 16 | That 's why I 'd choose Madonna , too , doing ‘ Live To Tell ’ , which has so many layers of meaning that the simplicity of it can get forgotten . ’ |
| 17 | It can get no leverage from the sides of the hole since it does n't fill that hole . |
| 18 | The neck is fixed to the body exactly as on the Teardrop , and my comment about the strap button on that guitar also applies here ; the Phantom is very neck heavy and needs all the help it can get to stay on an even keel . |
| 19 | However , it can get more complicated when you 're shaping a neck . |
| 20 | I SUGGEST WE WEAR THESE — IT CAN GET VERY RIPE IN TED 'S INNER SANCTUM |
| 21 | ‘ If for example a muffin is too high , it can get knocked by the tray on top . ’ |
| 22 | It can get you legally sacked if you have an office affair . |
| 23 | If you are going to have a gravel path , you have the choice of either vibrating sand into the hardcore to form a firm surface for the gravel , or of laying the gravel directly on to the hardcore , and letting it fill any spaces it can get into . |
| 24 | In fact , if the sample of the root were taken carelessly it could damage , or even kill , the rest of the plant , and the countryside needs all the help it can get nowadays . |
| 25 | FACT ONE : It can get to you , however silly it seems 90 per cent of the time . |
| 26 | ‘ I had a lot of fun making the programme but it can get boring after a while . |
| 27 | ‘ It just did n't look good for the British car industry which needs all the help it can get . ’ |
| 28 | It can get a bit like M15 at times — each guest has his or her own dressing-room with a secret code number to get in — we 're constantly changing the numbers so that nobody can sneak in . |
| 29 | And it can get awkward when people take things too Literally — you say , ‘ Hello , how are you ? ’ and twenty minutes later you 're still listening to their philosophy of life . |
| 30 | Try not to respond the moment it ceases as this suggests to the dog that it can get its own way by behaving in this fashion . |