Example sentences of "[adj] to get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He , Lewis , was quite prepared to get the place redecorated at his own expense . |
| 4 | What sort of thing did you have to do wrong to get the cane ? |
| 5 | 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 ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He had to reach up high to get the chocolate and accidentally knocked over a bottle of milk . |
| 8 | This clever ladders and platforms game is highly addictive , yet simple to get the hang of . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was easy to get the name of brains in those days . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not always easy to get the jokes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was surprisingly easy to get the wing aloft with a step backwards and a sharp tug on the front risers . |
| 17 | Very , very easy to get the finger on the |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ Middlesbrough to their credit , worked very hard and we were fortunate to get the break and go on and win . |
| 21 | Get lost to get the chop . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're delighted to get the award but it came as quite a surprise , ’ said business director . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | That 's correct , it 's erm the winter day just given us that little bit more of a cushion , and so obviously we 're delighted to get the result . |
| 25 | It is nigh on impossible to get the mirror and glass completely clean , so you will have to make a slight compromise by accepting that there will always be a certain amount of dust caught between the two layers of glass , due to static electricity . |
| 26 | Even in the wet , it was almost impossible to get the test car 's tail moving as it was fitted with Mercedes ' Anti-Skid Control ( German acronym ASR ) , which works like anti-lock brakes but in reverse . |
| 27 | Alloy would be very good but it is impossible to get the fittings . |
| 28 | It 's impossible to get the stench out of one 's clothing until it is thoroughly washed . |
| 29 | This makes it almost impossible to get the club back to the ball consistently . |
| 30 | Without at least some form of official introduction it would have been almost impossible to get the co-operation and approval necessary to visit any government penal centre or institution . |