Example sentences of "get [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or even , when it was apparent that we were not going to get anywhere with the local government , the whole neighbourhood would get together on a Sunday to work putting in the drains or paving the streets . |
| 2 | Could you get together with a supplier of high class ( quality ) foam and give us a design which is ergonomically good , visually pleasing , fairly simple to construct , adjustable , and something I can go to sleep in . |
| 3 | Pilger told him they had better get together for a serious talk the minute he got off the plane . |
| 4 | It is really surprising the number of obscure groups who will get together for a celebration . |
| 5 | It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ? |
| 6 | The most people that we could get together in a weeks notice , we have to put the actual amalgamation of the team |
| 7 | America could then get away with a mild and relatively short recession , provided the domestic financial system did not spring any surprises . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll get away with a fine and Bob 's your uncle . ’ |
| 9 | Thanks to its balance-of-payments strength , it is one economy that could get away with a bold fiscal stimulus without facing a currency crisis . |
| 10 | Many a time a fellow would get away with a caution . |
| 11 | They may get away with a trick or two , but only for as long as nobody is watching too closely . |
| 12 | Hence we could just get away with a 50VA transformer . |
| 13 | And you think about this for a while — how a 72-year-old man can get away with a storyline that rappers 50 years his junior would get a battering for . |
| 14 | So we feel that we can actually get away with a premium price on that . |
| 15 | Erm the two litre size is we i the vast majority of the market there is going to be on the doorstep and we feel that we could get away with a premium price because of that . |
| 16 | While in the summer you might get away with a pair of trail boots , I would always want to wear something more substantial for traditional British hill-walking . |
| 17 | Lucy did n't for one moment think that she could trick him or trip him , but knew that he 'd see her as young and naive and so might just let her get away with a little more . |
| 18 | Will he ensure that the Italians and French do not get away with a failure to put into practice the rules and regulations that this country puts into practice immediately ? |
| 19 | You can get away with a lot of things at Oxford , but disappearing off the face of the earth just before term starts is not one of them . |
| 20 | You ca n't get away with a with a fraud like this . |
| 21 | ‘ There are all sorts of people trying to rob and cheat you , but you sound like a doctor , and you , young lady , could never get away with a crime . |
| 22 | At home you may get away with a subtle plan to mislead and manipulate trusting relatives , but people at work or in your community wo n't be so easy going . |
| 23 | At home you may get away with a subtle plan to mislead and manipulate trusting relatives , but people at work or in your community wo n't be so easy going . |
| 24 | They 're not gon na let you get away with a lot ! |
| 25 | Saddam Hussein is wondering whether he can get away with an assault on the Kurds of northern Iraq . |
| 26 | She said to me , " Ca n't you get away for a few days ? " |
| 27 | ‘ You should get away for a bit , ’ Helen continued . |
| 28 | And at the end of the day he 's tired , he 's physically weary , and he says let's get away for a while let's go over to the other side . |
| 29 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 30 | do n't get close to a fire — you ca n't feel the heat and it can easily burn you . |