Example sentences of "[vb past] to get some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Fabia pulled the duvet up over her head and tried to get some sleep . |
| 5 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 6 | We always tried to get some payment to them before a term started |
| 7 | Manescu leaned forward , tried to get some impression of the shape behind the glass . |
| 8 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats . |
| 11 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 12 | This nearly led on to another story , but as Chairman of the meeting , I decided to get some order into things ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I bet they needed to get some food inside of them . |
| 15 | I meant to get some bits for us , I might have to go back |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Here , ‘ she said , ‘ I managed to get some soap at — ‘ — The bedroom door opened and Surkov burst in . |
| 20 | They managed to get some ones on the sea , but they did have a try erm a lot of them come up with the erm barking up the wrong tree said the dog , you know , things like that with a bit of help . |
| 21 | Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot ! |
| 22 | Boulton did not refuse outright but managed to get some mine owners to donate 10 guineas ( £10.50 ) to Murdock for the good work he had done on their engines . |
| 23 | We managed to get some sugar last month , did n't we , Lilian ? ’ |
| 24 | I kept out of his way while he fussed about with the old banger and went to get some petrol . |
| 25 | He went to get some petrol cos we 'd run out . |
| 26 | One day she left it on a table in the coffee bar for two minutes while she went to get some sugar . |
| 27 | This , in turn , encouraged multi-occupation as immigrant landlords sought to get some return from the purchase of these decaying properties . |
| 28 | And I got to get some toilet roll . |
| 29 | You got to get some exercise . |
| 30 | She had to get some rest or she was going to fall apart . |