Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever did the planning on this job could n't have expected to find a second person getting into the car . ’ |
| 2 | Milne — who made a brief appearance in the game against Wombats — has done a grand job getting sponsorship from , among others , Royal Mail Scotland , while the luminaries he has persuaded to play include Roger Baird , Finlay Calder , Jim Calder , Jim Aitken , Euan Kennedy , Alan Tomes and Jim Renwick . |
| 3 | During the last five months he has made a strenuous effort to get to know the area and the residents of this constituency of contrasts . |
| 4 | For the 30-year-old air liaison officer with the British force in the Croatian port of Split has introduced a novel way to get around . |
| 5 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 8 | The increasing ownership of telephones has created a greater inclination to get in touch with the police . |
| 9 | In an attempt to change that , the Census Bureau has launched a vigorous campaign to get as many people as possible to answer its questions . |
| 10 | So the occasional gallery owner prepared to support a Black artist gets much credit in this show . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd hired a camper van to get around ’ , Nigel explains . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd hired a camper van to get around , ’ Nigel explains . |
| 13 | We really thought we 'd found a quicker way to get copies to our distant subscribers . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Four clubs have asked me to play next season , and I 'm going to make a big effort to get fit again . |
| 16 | She had needed to make a real effort to get up today at all . |
| 17 | Do children have to cross a busy street to get to it ? |
| 18 | That will no doubt be done by the press , clearly bored at not having had a good scandal to get its teeth into for all of two months . |
| 19 | At this point , we must admit you do have to press a few buttons to get Delta service . |
| 20 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 21 | I think we really do need a well-known patron to get our work recognised , preferably somebody who loves Labradors ! |
| 22 | He liked to find a safe way to get an accurate hit thus sustaining as little damage to the plane as possible . |
| 23 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 24 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 25 | I once met an aged man who had waged a single-handed crusade to get the Fellowship to change its official line that Dr Manette 's house ( A Tale of Two Cities ) is based on the old Carlisle House , Soho Square , in favour of No 1 Greek St. He said he felt prouder than if he had won the Nobel prize on the day they admitted they were in error . |
| 26 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 27 | At one crowded meeting a British soldier got up and said , ‘ Why is it that you Burmese are always talking about independence and self-government ? |
| 28 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |
| 29 | you 've got ta think er think , it was like erm one of the guys was saying oh I 've got a real problem getting the names , I said well how do you ask and he said well look I 'm in the people business John but I do n't suppose you know anybody do you |
| 30 | Yes , I think we 'll have to have have a good look , yes it 's alright when you 've got a few things to get , but when when you 've got the whole list . |