Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became a desperate struggle to get them on ; the longer it took the more difficult it became as my fingers became numb and useless . |
| 2 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 3 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 4 | I pulled in there as it seemed a good place to get Armstrong off the road and it was only then I saw that it was in fact an unmade road curving away round the back of the hill . |
| 5 | As a public-trust authority with central government funds committed to it through the Harbour Act , it needed a private bill to get its constitution altered . |
| 6 | But it needed a full-time crammer to get you there and you 're still below average . |
| 7 | But to avoid it meant a long detour to get into Barn Street , and she was shivering with wet and cold . |
| 8 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 9 | It took a long time to get round to the subject of Silvia and Jeff . |
| 10 | Erm it took a long time to get round to it , you know , the , the agreement to the twenty thousand . |
| 11 | It took a fierce effort to get her back on her mental feet . |