Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] getting " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , few companies have embraced it with the down-and-dirty relish of Converse — another spot features a girl getting the brand 's logo tatooed on her bottom . |
| 2 | ‘ They did n't mind a stranger getting involved in your family concerns ? ’ |
| 3 | I can do most things on that , but the one thing I 've always had a problem getting with that type of preamp setup is the kind of crunchy combo sound . |
| 4 | well personally I 've , I 've never had a problem getting members who are on nights their night off to go on a training course , never . |
| 5 | ( The illustration shows a man getting out of his armchair yelling ‘ Shoot , Man , Shoot ! ’ ) |
| 6 | She was afraid she might have a problem getting rid of him — not altogether sure she wanted to — but in the lobby he merely took her hand and raised it to his lips . |
| 7 | I 'm sure it 's like joining the circus I would n't of thought you 'd have a problem getting involved in it |
| 8 | ‘ If she did kill Gebrec , Banana Split will have a job getting her to admit anything . ’ |
| 9 | In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle ! |
| 10 | Indeed the regulations are now so strict that some hill farmers and those with unsuitable land are having a problem getting rid of unwanted , surplus dip . |
| 11 | ‘ We thought you 'd be having a job getting there so we gave you plenty of time . |
| 12 | Consensys , also with offices in San Antonio , Texas and Reading in the UK , already offers a standard SVR4 implementation , though it had previously spent a year getting that release into product shape after taking delivery from Unix System Labs . |
| 13 | ‘ Old Auntie Mary , she 's seventy-six you know , had a heart attack and Uncle George broke a leg getting her upstairs away from the flood water . |
| 14 | If I had a daughter getting married this summer I would be tempted to give her a twopart party in similar vein . |
| 15 | Right , so you had a problem getting everybody 's name , what problem did you have ? |
| 16 | But I had a problem getting it on and off ; the clasp seemed to settle between my shoulders where I could n't reach . ’ |
| 17 | I had a struggle getting the ball out of the scrum |
| 18 | Well done , I , very good , I had a struggle getting the ball out of the scrum , right |
| 19 | ‘ At 28ft the front window cracked and I had a job getting up again' he writes , the Prime Minister did not approve of such risks by senior officers , but the CCO felt his men expected such leadership . |
| 20 | She had a job getting to sleep later . |
| 21 | With all the lights and daylight and sunshine through the bloody thing and It was alright once he got off but he had a job getting off when it was |
| 22 | Yeah , we had a job getting Rebecca out though . |
| 23 | I even have a problem getting mistaken for Margaret out of Brookside — no-one ever recognises me ! |
| 24 | have a job getting out of them and er you know more or less the higher chair 's |
| 25 | It seems we have a job getting rid of her ! ’ |