Example sentences of "that [vb mod] get [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 So we continue travelling hopefully , traversing the geography , and absorbing impressions that may get me out of the pictorial routine that all artists are prone to .
2 The only thing that could get one down — as it eventually did his American television followers — was his high-pitched , breathless , Scots delivery .
3 The best advice I can give you is simply to go for unfair dismissal on the basis that you 've got two managers who do exactly the same job , there 's no need for you to go on site , there are other drivers that could get you there , therefore it 's not necessary to finish your job simply because you 've lost your licence .
4 Donald Hardie , the Scottish director of the IoD , feels the problem stems from the education system , with girls being discouraged from studying the subjects that would get them on to the business ladder .
5 He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house .
6 But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast .
7 Practical PC brings you three state of the art computer cards that will get you well on the way to building a multi media computer .
8 Why do n't you do something that will get you somewhere , Karim ? ’
9 If you want to learn a language that will get you somewhere quickly and without much effort then I would advise Pascal — Turbo Pascal being my favourite — or Basic , and QBasic in particular .
10 But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine .
11 You will have to think : the only thing that will get you by in life is your mind because you are not presentable in any other way .
12 ‘ There 's only one ride that will get us back to the east of the Swamp and that 's the one we 've come by .
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