He could get away with anything, including an outrageous lifestyle, as long as those goals were met.

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Not that it necessarily matters, but these guys were not really trying to get away with anything very nasty.

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Every step of the election process is observed by everyone, and everyone knows everyone, which makes it harder for someone to get away with anything.

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The FDA thought it could get away with its action because, well, it thinks it can get away with anything these days. (Its Obama-appointed General Counsel has as much as said so.) And regulators knew that there was an alternative vaccine available, Rotateq, produced by Merck.

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He said when I say flipping heck the phone lines are jammed, I don't need to hear this kind of language, disgusting Jack Russel but when I use quite appalling language it's great, it's funny so the thing is to have a larynx made of tweed and you can get away with anything.

BBC

Bandai cannot get away with charging anything like the kind of price it normally asks for its toys.

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The investigation is expected to focus on how Madoff was able to get away with his fraud for so long and what, if anything, can be done to discourage similar frauds in the future.

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