Example sentences of "[vb base] to get [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to get it into brilliant condition first . |
| 2 | I want to get it on the market as soon as possible . ’ |
| 3 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
| 4 | For example , in France , we have to comply with the French plan comptable , so within a particular row you state the origin of the information , that is , which nominal ledger account you want to get it from — we have a fairly simple account code structure with cost centre account codes — then you say the club name and its account number . |
| 5 | I want to get you in three-quarter profile . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We hope to get it off the ground very shortly and it will be run in conjunction with the Women 's Hospital . ’ |
| 7 | I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night . |
| 8 | cos you seem to get them from like all over . |
| 9 | Assuming he did , one day , manage to get her into bed , what would happen after she had shimmied off the veil , let the cloak fall around her naked ankles , and then eased her white , sweet-smelling flesh out of the shift to reveal … |
| 10 | What happens if you issue one to , you manage to get it to this department today but ca n't get it to that department 'til tomorrow and . |
| 11 | This enables us to use a stereotaxic instrument to guide probes like lesion-making electrodes into the brain at known distances in front of , to one side of , and below one of these landmarks and guarantee to get it into a selected subcortical area . |
| 12 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 13 | Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of |
| 14 | He used to go to the station and watch the farmers coming in ; and if he saw a likely one or one he knew , he used to approach him and try to get him to a pub to have a drink and talk things over . |
| 15 | So try to get him to a point where he is agreeable to discussing the problem openly with you or else to go for some form of counselling . |
| 16 | I try to get them off him but am not always successful . |
| 17 | Suppose you shoot a marble and try to get it across a hump in the ground . |
| 18 | Try to get it as a ‘ Dr Mumby does it again ’ , not just a patient story . |
| 19 | Try to get it down me before it burns my tongue ! |
| 20 | Try to get it before Christmas , because I 've got a bit of time off then , and I 'll help you settle in . ’ |
| 21 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
| 22 | I think I prefer to get it like that and , instead of having a whole onion it 's better when , they 're , the big ones like they are bit too big are n't they ? |
| 23 | ‘ First we 've to get them within range , ’ he said grimly . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've to get you to the airport once you 've changed . |
| 25 | Mr Dorman said : ‘ The way forward is to attract the youngsters but we have to get them at an early age . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We have to get them from five games , while other teams only have three . |
| 27 | Perhaps we have to get it into the erm strategy agenda again I mean we we have had a go at it , but probably inadequately . |
| 28 | I would expect that we will use nuclear power , but you have to get it into perspective . |
| 29 | Well the first time you have to get it for at least six months . |
| 30 | I 'll do it straight on that , I need n't go and authorise the cheque , have to get it on that |