Example sentences of "[verb] get [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Normally clients wo n't get the feeling they have had value for money unless they have had a disaster and the lawyer has got them out of it , ’ said , one of the senior partners in Biggart Baillie Gifford 's company and commercial department . |
| 2 | Howey has got it off to a T : so far , she has thrown many of her top opponents with it , including Emanuella Pierantozzi , the Italian world title-holder , who only just managed to twist out and avoid a score in the last world championships . |
| 3 | Four weeks of being cooped up with Flute had taught Arthur that Ubu Roi was the most seminal possible thing about funniness , and if it was a book he was prepared to try getting it out of the public library one day . |
| 4 | ‘ How did that kind of line get him on to the insulin project ? ’ |
| 5 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 6 | In 1984 his friend of many years , Liz Taylor , tried to get him back in front of the cameras and to conquer his alcoholism . |
| 7 | Hell , Nick , I tried to get her out of that place , but she did n't care . |
| 8 | The hon. Member for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) tried to get himself out of a largehole — |
| 9 | The blokes tried to get us out with water — the firehoses . |
| 10 | Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too . |
| 11 | Lee tried to get it back off him . |
| 12 | I do n't know how they expect to get anything out of it . |
| 13 | They tell little lies to get themselves out of trouble or make themselves look good , but real villains live in a fantasy world . |
| 14 | Bloomsbury House helped to get him off with a warning , but there was no further contact . |
| 15 | But at the same time I 've got a cartoon girl I 'm dying to get it on with . |
| 16 | When we 're done with the bad ones we ca n't wait to get them out of here . |
| 17 | Then she made me promise to get them back to her in one piece within a week and sold me two tickets to a Ward Bond Retrospective at her film club in Ponder 's End . |
| 18 | Exercises 1–3 were designed to get me out of a rut in my playing . |
| 19 | The first stage of the programme is designed to get you on to a balanced , low-calorie diet , and to cleanse you system so that in Stage II you will be able to tell which foods suit your body the most . |
| 20 | The " thief " is the rightful owner of the jewels who wants to get them back in order to free the prisoners in the castle . |
| 21 | So as a result to that , there , there erm , there is going to be a public meeting on the tenth September , which is actually organised by the Labour party , erm , but obviously the who thing very worried about the attendance at that , erm the , have , had to organise it very quickly because he wants to get it in before the sixteenth , we 'll still trying to get erm a National speaker , I 'm hoping that Julie from the er , eh National Help Federation will be able to come , but she 's on holiday till Monday erm , I do n't . |
| 22 | For me , it was kind of an antidote to Nineties cynicism , which starts to get you down after a while . ’ |
| 23 | Is your boss still being sympathetic about your problems , or is he itching to get you back to the office ? ’ |
| 24 | I want to get him up to Inspector as soon as possible . ’ |
| 25 | You want to get something out of it , that 's why you want to go . |
| 26 | We are restricted somewhat by time , because I want to get everybody back in the main auditorium to listen to what I know is going to be a fantastic lecture by Professor Don , er from Baltimore , which I would certainly recommend that everybody go and see . |
| 27 | erm What happens if erm your boss is n't on the phone and their boss has transferred all their calls to the other phone , the other phone rings as well as the secretaries ring , so you pick it up on your phone , which is R star star 3 , and then you want to get it through to the boss , but when you ring the number it comes through to the other phone . |
| 28 | As much as the militants ' venom , I recall the desperation of pickets who said they ‘ just want to get it over with ’ and strikers ' wives wondering where the next meal was coming from . |
| 29 | All of a sudden , I want to get it over with no matter if he 's black , white , pink or yellow . |
| 30 | After the original hearing Jones said : ‘ The decision has been taken and I want to get it over with . |