Example sentences of "that [modal v] get [pers pn] " 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 | Generations of subservience had taught the humble Irish not to answer any question that might get them into trouble . |
| 3 | In the big American museums you no longer have brilliant ‘ star ’ directors the way you had them in the Sixties and Seventies people like Sherman Lee at Cleveland , Fred Cummings at Detroit , Tom Hoving at the Met who could manage 5,000 projects at once , either making brilliant acquisitions , or putting on unusual or daring exhibitions , or making outrageous statements that might get them censured today . |
| 4 | If you know the type of this you 're looking for , then you can get free use of paper , stamps and a telephone , in fact anything that 'll get you that ideal position . |
| 5 | I wondered whether there was anything in the teaching of Tai-Fing that could get me through the next half an hour . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house . |
| 9 | Prom there he was to work up his cover as a rubber man and make the contacts that would get him into Germany . |
| 10 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 11 | I screamed vowel sounds and different registers more delicate than the others that would get me hoarser . ’ |
| 12 | She flounced into the bathroom , and then tried to think how to flounce out again in any way that would get her past his indispensable face and into the bloody lift . |
| 13 | We were down to Halflight , sliding through the tangle of the Lagoon Nebula interlink , making our way towards the secondary GalacNet lines that would get us to the sector containing the Ixyphal system . |
| 14 | Say something that will get her … interested . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | picket , or people who come to our lectures that the rainforest campaign , we could be meeting thousands of people we do n't normally see , so we 've tried to produce an information package that will get them interested . |
| 17 | I 've told my son that I am going to get him a forged passport that will get him into the opposition penalty area . |
| 18 | who are sitting waiting for posts , erm , it 's most likely be one of those that will get it . |
| 19 | They are each outspoken and unconventional a trait that will get you in trouble every time . |
| 20 | The record will help to measure your progress and to motivate you ; for it is motivation that will get you going , and it is motivation that will keep you going . |
| 21 | Why do n't you do something that will get you somewhere , Karim ? ’ |
| 22 | Here 's a quiz that will get you scratching your head — all the prizes for this competition relate to fleas ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And so you 're going to work at the things that will get you in there are n't you ? |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |