Example sentences of "[modal v] get [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 A long and somewhat rambling discussion followed during which the judge effectively tried to persuade the barrister that he must get up before the jury in order to say , ‘ in terms that the remark that you made was a remark which should not have been made and apologise , and you can say in terms that one of the reasons why it was a remark which should not have been made was that you had never seen the document ; you did not know what it contained . ’
2 We must get off on the right foot . ’
3 once the spawning is complete the female must get out of the male 's way and should be removed from the breeding tank , otherwise she may be harried to the point of being killed .
4 She must get out of the house and breathe in some air that was free of the scent of leather .
5 I 'll take him back to Strelsau and you must get out of the country as fast as you can . ’
6 Instantly she knew that she too must get out of the Lodge .
7 She knew she must get out of the car quickly , or it would get stuck behind the steering wheel .
8 ‘ We must get back to a rigid pattern , with players in the right holes .
9 She must get back to The Tamarisks .
10 I really must get back to the house . ’
11 ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said .
12 ‘ We must get back to the high standards of self-discipline that we have set ourselves in the past , ’ said Cooke .
13 She must get back to the sea to feed .
14 ‘ Yes , we must get back to the office .
15 P.C. Clifford would have welcomed the tea , but said that he must get back to the scene of the tragedy .
16 I must get back to the shop now .
17 Certainly we must get back to the mooring in time for you to start work . ’
18 He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject .
19 But we must get back to the Vicar , who is awaiting his final epitaph in some anxiety .
20 I must get back to the hospital … ’
21 ‘ Until such times as they can do this , Her Majesty 's Government should get on with the task of governing Northern Ireland in a positive fashion , including the alternative means of returning powers to locally-elected representatives . ’
22 Envoy Philipp Jenninger and President Kurt Waldheim should get on like a Reichstag on fire
23 They should get out into the real world .
24 ‘ The English department , ’ one parent said , ‘ should get out of the sex education business . ’
25 The patient should get out of the house at intervals , if at all possible .
26 The social worker said I should get out of the house , so I got enticed down to Age Concern and passed the afternoon there .
27 The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer .
28 Mrs Wilson had told him he should get out of the house more .
29 Finally it was agreed that both should get down at the same moment .
30 You two should get along like a house on fire as he 's by way of being quite an authority on horses these days .
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