Example sentences of "[noun] have been to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method of work has been to get going at the time dictated by the candidate 's first duty of the day and the time taken to get to him . |
| 2 | Her only plan had been to get to her cousin and retrieve the jade . |
| 3 | The policy of this council over the last couple of years has been to get down to that figure enforced upon us as gracefully as possible with the least damage to our services and the least damage to the morale of our staff and our staff are after all the most important asset that a local authority possesses and that is what we 're trying to consider . |
| 4 | However , if our main aim had been to get as many ‘ ordinary people ’ involved as possible , this was in danger of being frustrated by the sheer bureaucracy of the process . |
| 5 | Her aim had been to get the girls excited about mathematics , and to give them confidence in their own ability . |