Example sentences of "[adj] to get the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although the positioning of the pipes and the fittings needed will depend on the exact position of the cylinder and its connections , it will usually be easier to get the pipes in before the cylinder is installed .
2 Right : sometimes it 's easier to get the hang of it on dry land
3 Virtually any dried foods can be prepared in this way at very little cost and this has been found to be more than adequate to get the fry .
4 They were all slate there , the old new there was slate there , but they were n't prepared to get the machines to clear it , at it .
5 He , Lewis , was quite prepared to get the place redecorated at his own expense .
6 What sort of thing did you have to do wrong to get the cane ?
7 If HW is as smart as he is supposed to be ( he is favourite to get the pos. as Englands new manager ) he would have let Frank come on much earlier ’
8 Smash this to get the drain rod in .
9 Someone was to hold up the traffic , another to get the guards , but first someone was sent down the side lane towards St Vincent 's Hospital to alert casualty and summon help .
10 Besides , the only stakeholders with an indisputable interest in stopping the sale are NCR 's top managers , who were careful to get the board to boost their own severance packages on the day Ma Bell made its bid .
11 He had to reach up high to get the chocolate and accidentally knocked over a bottle of milk .
12 It would be cleaner to get the law changed .
13 This clever ladders and platforms game is highly addictive , yet simple to get the hang of .
14 Take a seat behind the wheel and there is n't much to get the pulses racing either .
15 It is easier to say whether a man has paid the money or not than to say whether he has complied with other orders ; and if he fails to pay , it is easy to get the money by selling his goods , if he has any .
16 It was easy to get the name of brains in those days . ’
17 ‘ It 's not always easy to get the jokes .
18 She had lined her pencil-box with pond-weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it was not easy to get the newt out of the hat and into the pencil-box .
19 The spokesman for the Liberal Democrats will probably agree that to go into further detail could make it less easy to get the type of consensus that we want .
20 ‘ You 'll not find it easy to get the keys from old Joanna , ’ Rhodri remarked with malice , as they passed in through the archway and continued along the town walls .
21 Walking into a club these days , it 's easy to get the feeling that you 've accidentally come across the local Hell 's Angels chapter double booked with a Skin 2 party .
22 It was surprisingly easy to get the wing aloft with a step backwards and a sharp tug on the front risers .
23 Very , very easy to get the finger on the
24 It is easy to get the impression that he was the only one to suffer in this area , constantly put upon by Mrs Moore or bored by her daughter .
25 But you see the point I 'm making that , that in mammals it 's easy to get the impression that , that you know er particularly in , in , in , in er harem-type mammals like , like , like erm stags , that the males mount and females submit , they do n't .
26 He said : ‘ Middlesbrough to their credit , worked very hard and we were fortunate to get the break and go on and win .
27 Count your pulse for 6 seconds and multiply the answer by 10 to get the rate per minute .
28 Get lost to get the chop .
29 ‘ We 're delighted to get the award but it came as quite a surprise , ’ said business director .
30 Feargal McSorley from BAT said : ‘ Many of those who attended Tuesday 's performance are involved in drama groups within their school or youth club , so of course they are delighted to get the opportunity to see a modern classic being staged by the very talented opera company . ’
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