Example sentences of "[adv] to get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it any wonder that the only people who can afford their services are rich companies , millionaires and those who are lucky enough to get legal aid ? |
| 2 | One former teacher , Virginia Doyle who was to be discovered in retirement in Sherwood Forest , Toronto , remembered him as a clowning , cunning boy who was good enough to get high marks without apparently doing a lick of work . |
| 3 | Crucial to Mr Reagan 's success was the role in the White House of Jim Baker , his chief of staff ; not only to get good things done , but to make sure that bad things were left undone . |
| 4 | I go out to the shops about once a week , just to get absolute essentials . |
| 5 | I mainly used the Boogie amplifier but I used a bunch of stuff as well , like really terrible sounding digital distortion just to get different harmonics for rhythm tracks . |
| 6 | Again if you shop around you should find a bargain but you might think it worth spending a few pounds more to get extra help and advice . |
| 7 | Five-year-olds now follow the National Curriculum , pressurising teachers even more to get academic momentum going . |
| 8 | We go up there to get cheap cigarettes , petrol and groceries . ’ |
| 9 | They are there to get good attack so the notes are well articulated . |
| 10 | The Times also occasionally sent journalists abroad to get special stories . |
| 11 | British dignity and Hong Kong 's autonomy were dented last September when Mr Major had to fly to Peking — essentially to get Chinese permission to build a new Hong Kong airport . |