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 | Called Dual Control , it calculates where to lower or raise the plough to get a straight edge on the headland . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I turned round in my seat to get a good view . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A group of parents has won a battle to get a new primary school at Corse in Gloucestershire . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Léonie stood on a boulder to get a good view . |
| 18 | President Bush is to visit Lithuania to get a first-hand report on the situation in the rebel Baltic republic . |
| 19 | President Bush is to visit Lithuania to get a first-hand report on the situation in the rebel Baltic republic . |
| 20 | consider engaging professional help to get a critical analysis of WO population/housing growth predictions and the likely impact of catering for this growth . |
| 21 | WITH manager coach Johnny Black back from cricket skippering duties with Instonians , Queen 's were in determined mood to get a good result , but at the end of the first half the students were trailing by a goal . |
| 22 | It was hard for an English girl to get a secretarial job in New York these days — she had been lucky in getting her work permit before the restrictions were so stringent — but maybe one day the conditions would change and there would be more work permits available . |
| 23 | All this reinforced Attlee 's determination to get a new governor installed as soon as possible . |
| 24 | A former army captain , Jane Turpin , used a fake CV to get a top secretarial job at Europarks where she photocopied documents and sent regular reports about the company and its personnel to Layton via Hewitt . |
| 25 | The letter does not reveal the name of the client but suggests the proposal is due to Bioplan 's failure to get a green light for a private hospital in the grounds of Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 26 | I 've been on at my husband to get a fitted carpet in this room because this lino drives me mad . |
| 27 | I was only popping over chemist to get a bloody |
| 28 | He sent the clerk hurrying into the back room to get a dark grey suit which had just come in and then said : ‘ Going to New York ? |
| 29 | Women who have only worked for part of their adult lives may not have enough contributions to get a full basic pension on their own record . |
| 30 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |