Example sentences of "[vb past] to get [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I first tried to get that kind of raspy voice that comes when the vocal cords have broken down . |
| 2 | Back in England , BA union officials who tried to get more information about who was on board found computer records of the passenger list had disappeared . |
| 3 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 4 | And tried to get some settlement , but I do n't believe it are giving us any settlement cos he was n't prepared to do anything like that . |
| 5 | I crawled into my trench , adjusted the camouflage square over my face and head , curled myself into a ball and tried to get some sleep . |
| 6 | Fabia pulled the duvet up over her head and tried to get some sleep . |
| 7 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 8 | We always tried to get some payment to them before a term started |
| 9 | Manescu leaned forward , tried to get some impression of the shape behind the glass . |
| 10 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 11 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 12 | She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats . |
| 13 | I tried to get this message on to the network by sending to but the seems to screw things up . |
| 14 | But I soon learnt to get those cows out without messing up my nice clean cow shed , what we used to do , because wanting to get the first one out very quietly , I used to put my hand on the tail , press the tail to the backside and push her out ! |
| 15 | She seemed to get such delight in removing all those objects from me . |
| 16 | Poor old Finland they never seemed to get many points did they ? |
| 17 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 18 | Though his downy feathers were beginning to strengthen , he felt weak and vulnerable , for he never seemed to get enough food , or be able to beat off the brutal and painful pecks of his sibling from whom , by some ancient lore of eagles , his parents did not protect him . |
| 19 | Dan said , ‘ I really hated to get that news as I really hoped to see them again ’ . |
| 20 | As for the rest of the staff , I will miss each one of the people who served to get this magazine on its feet . |
| 21 | This nearly led on to another story , but as Chairman of the meeting , I decided to get some order into things ! |
| 22 | There were problems aired , including the fact that nurses after training are not employed due to the cutbacks and are not allowed as a result to get the six months experience needed to get another job . |
| 23 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 24 | I bet they needed to get some food inside of them . |
| 25 | I did n't even know I had any kind of title until I went to prep school when I started to get these letters saying : ‘ The Honourable Charles ’ . |
| 26 | I meant to get some bits for us , I might have to go back |
| 27 | mm , sorry , I still have n't got any elastic , I meant to get some elastic for that bloody trousers , oh oh I 've got to order dad some trainers I think , I might have a bath |
| 28 | ‘ I meant to get some food on my way home , but I got held up at college , ’ she explained , examining various other articles in the fridge with distaste . |
| 29 | I conceptually fumbled , struggled to get some purchase on the sempiternal sheen of the visual image ; but there was nothing , no movement , no astral agility , it remained frozen . |
| 30 | With a little juggling I managed to get each section of the garment starting with lilac , shading to blue then to a yellowish pink . |