Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of parents has won a battle to get a new primary school at Corse in Gloucestershire . |
| 2 | Lynn Boyle , a social worker from area 2 , told how the Inland Revenue had scuppered a plan to get unemployed women to provide informal care in return for expenses and small payments . |
| 3 | Especially if you 've paid or done a lot to get in — whether it 's the snooker hall or the Garrick . ’ |
| 4 | We had organized a helicopter to get him down to London in time . |
| 5 | But I 've seen a way to get a message out . |
| 6 | Reaching her room , she wanted with all her heart to leave Parkwood , and even made a move to get out her overnight bag . |
| 7 | Probably needed a map to get here did he ? |
| 8 | The only snag was for a tran public transport conference everybody needed a car to get there . |
| 9 | Well I ca n't , I 've got a degree to get . |
| 10 | The reason that is disappearing is because they have n't got a purpose to get out of bed in the morning , exactly . |
| 11 | I 've got s do n't go yet , we 've still got a bit to get through . |
| 12 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |
| 13 | That means I have n't got a key to get back in the house . |
| 14 | That means I have n't got a key to get back in the house . |
| 15 | And you 've got a show to get ready . |
| 16 | Until recently women have had a struggle to get the unions to espouse their interests . |
| 17 | ‘ As though it 's just been created and has n't had a chance to get fouled up with so-called ‘ civilisation ’ . |
| 18 | And we 've never had a chance to get together all the evening . ’ |
| 19 | Once I 've met everyone and we 've had a chance to get to know one another , they 'll see no reason to continue this quarrel . ’ |
| 20 | I have n't had a chance to get any provisions in . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 22 | I 'm afraid this letter has been delayed as I have n't had a chance to get it to the Embassy before today . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't trust them to people who 've had a year to get ready and still manage to come two hours late . |
| 24 | And Mrs Metcalfe , of Ascot View , in Redhall , Darlington , said the burglars must have used a key to get in . |
| 25 | I think there 's someone else in me which I have n't given a chance to get out . |
| 26 | And I remember the family story of how on the eve of my grandmother 's wedding day her elder brother Ted had been locked out by her father and had broken a window to get in . |
| 27 | Sounding for all the world as though she quite hated him , Gwen commented disgustedly , ‘ I have never known a child to get so dirty ! ’ |
| 28 | He knew he was clever but there was just a slim chance Mr Crangle had found a way to get him , and he did n't want him caught , not for anything in the world . |
| 29 | His a terrible , so we did n't go near him right through on the playing field , and then Katherine , I found to get , I sat , found a way to get them near Matthew and then Katherine said , I tickled him on the back , and I 'd kept on doing that . . |
| 30 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |