"gets runaway" is not a grammatically correct phrase in written English
However, you could use the phrase "run away" in written English. For example, "The dog ran away when the thunder clapped."
It may be good politics, but it's bad policy, a lost opportunity to get runaway government spending under control".
"Where cheap oil is viewed as a national human right, you've virtually got runaway demand," said Chris B. Newton, an executive of the Indonesian Petroleum Association in Jakarta.
"The fact of the matter is that the C.A.A.C. will control the growth rate as they don't want to get runaway growth that would subsequently affect safety standards," Mr. Lowe said by telephone.
"Once we started to get runaway ratings hits like 'Laguna Beach,' it took an extraordinary amount of pleading and begging of our programming gurus to get them to really support our war and political coverage," said a former MTV News and Documentaries producer who requested anonymity to avoid criticizing former colleagues publicly.
I don't see how America gets a runaway housing boom without annual inflation rising to 3% and beyond, which would probably trigger rate increases (the Fed's commitment is not commitment-y enough for me).
In the end, Mr. Oberstar said, what it got was "runaway isolationism".
"Affordable health care is worse than a law that lets slave owners get their runaway slaves back.
The California Highway Patrol responded and "To get the runaway car to stop, they actually had to put their patrol car in front of the Prius and step on the brakes".
Fortunately, co-host Frank Santopadre is there and, through extreme effort of will, is able to get the runaway train hurtling back down the right track, more or less.
I'd make contact and get the runaways from the other conductor.
