Example sentences of "[noun] to get a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Peace , a Victorian villain , once commented that the dangerous constable was the one who ‘ neglects his duty to go courting the servant , or nips up the entry to get a surreptitious drink . |
| 2 | You can lay cold-roll macadam over old concrete , paving or existing macadam to give it a new surface , but it 's difficult to lay over hardcore with an ordinary garden roller — you need to put down two layers and use a hired plate vibrator to get a good result . |
| 3 | I also predict Rocky to get a first team start BEFORE Christmas … |
| 4 | Called Dual Control , it calculates where to lower or raise the plough to get a straight edge on the headland . |
| 5 | hughesy is renowned as a ‘ hard man ’ although this appears to be a one way thing — he does nt mind dishing it out but if anyone comes within a foot of him he crashes to the turf , usually clutching his face and rolling around frantically in an attempt to get a fellow professional booked/sent off . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's just a desperate attempt to get a few votes ’ . |
| 8 | Elaine leant back in the car seat to get a better look at him . |
| 9 | I turned round in my seat to get a good view . |
| 10 | Checking that the straps on her equipment were tight enough to prevent anything moving and making a noise that might alert anyone nearby , Ace slipped through a stand of bushes to get a better view of the road . |
| 11 | BOXER Mike Tyson 's bid to get a new trial was thrown out of court yesterday — by the judge who sentenced him to six years for rape . |
| 12 | The requirement of leave gives the court control over the proceedings from the very start , and because the respondent does not have to appear at the leave stage , it is relieved of the need to take any steps to get a weak claim struck out . |
| 13 | There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look . |
| 14 | Jimmy pushed Frye to one side to get a better view . |
| 15 | " But we are n't going towards them , captain , " protested Joseph , standing on the bottom rail and craning his neck to get a better view . |
| 16 | That means , he says , that TI realises it 's going to have to make ‘ lots and lots and lots ’ of chips to get a reasonable 50MHz yield . |
| 17 | Nicholson laid it on a piece of black velvet that lay on the work top , allowing his visitors to get a better look at the tiny object . |
| 18 | He could n't even run down to the village to get a new set — they had them in the marina shop at the auto-marine-because his van was temporarily off the road . |
| 19 | Five years ago the 41-year-old MP for Mossley Hill , Merseyside , resigned the Liberal Whip in a vain battle to get a private anti-abortion Bill through the Commons . |
| 20 | A group of parents has won a battle to get a new primary school at Corse in Gloucestershire . |
| 21 | Analysys suggests that , in particular , users can put pressure on prices by resisting attempts by service providers to impose confidentiality on prices , and by being prepared to use information from one service provider to get a better deal from another . |
| 22 | It wo n't do , wo n't make a lady of you , and you have to be some kind of a lady to get a decent job in a decent ladies ’ shop . |
| 23 | Hearing the wheels of the car on the gravel the two young golden retriever bitches , Honey and the pick of the litter , Harriet , bounded through the hall to get a better view of the intruder from the dining-room window . |
| 24 | Soon a fairly large crowd had gathered and men were holding their sons up so that they could stand on the bar to get a better view . |
| 25 | The beleaguered Frenchman screamed desperately for help from his comrade who was trying to circle behind Sharpe to get a clear thrust at the Englishman 's back . |
| 26 | In an attempt to reduce the death toll , one police force has launched a campaign to get a simple message across to cyclists — that being seen could save them from being killed . |
| 27 | Léonie stood on a boulder to get a good view . |
| 28 | President Bush is to visit Lithuania to get a first-hand report on the situation in the rebel Baltic republic . |
| 29 | President Bush is to visit Lithuania to get a first-hand report on the situation in the rebel Baltic republic . |
| 30 | consider engaging professional help to get a critical analysis of WO population/housing growth predictions and the likely impact of catering for this growth . |