Example sentences of "[v-ing] to get the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chance of the monkey happening to get the first letter — M — right is therefore 1 in 27 . |
| 2 | I 'm about 5'7 ’ and found it fitted me fine , although as with all sacks , it took a couple of days of walking to get the best adjustment . |
| 3 | Outside in the street , huge crowds were already gathering , joking and laughing , and pushing to get the best places near the great black platform , where the rope hung ready for its morning 's work . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | There seemed no point , unless it was just a question of wanting to get the last word . |
| 6 | I 'm all in favour of the Government seeking to get the best value for money , but HMSO is not a private company . ’ |
| 7 | Says Marcus Lyon : ‘ You are always going to get the lazy buyer who wants a barn conversion because they do n't want to take the time and trouble to do it themselves . ’ |
| 8 | However , if you think your anger is going to get the better of you , then you 'd better be realistic and responsible . |
| 9 | I mean , you 're just in a cell , you 're locked up , it makes you think , ‘ Right , that was my mistake , but next time I 'm going to get further , I 'm going to get the better of them . |
| 10 | Nathan Bryce might have a temporary advantage , but no slate-eyed , ruthless , mercenary businessman with a calculator instead of a heart was going to get the better of her . |
| 11 | I mean where are they going , where are they going to get the extra money from er to pay for the old aged pensioners ' er eight pound rise ? |
| 12 | Minutes after being informed of the test results Maureen said : ‘ I 'm just glad I 'm going to get the right one back . |
| 13 | So how are we going to get the right answer ? |
| 14 | Heads of Departments seemed tired and depressed , rather frustrated because the idealistic schemes of Simla were clearly not going to get the necessary money . |
| 15 | They are quite interested in The Bump , though I suspect it is really to do with power broking — who is going to get the new bedroom , and who is going to choose the name when it 's born . |
| 16 | spoon , how am I going to get the golden syrup up ? |
| 17 | Today they were going to get the broken mast back up . |
| 18 | ( Charles also got the message that he was n't going to get the quick slurp of wine at the end of the evening that he had been promising himself . ) |
| 19 | Well maybe they do , but we take this we always take this as a year on year situation and you 've got to do a longer term comparison if you 're going to get the true effect of the services |
| 20 | If you have n't got any issue but parents or fore brother or sister or the issue of that say it 's your nephews or nieces and you 've still got a spouse of course , she still is n't get She or he is still not going to get the whole lot . |
| 21 | The base acid base it 's exactly the same , there 's no difference , you 're going to get the same salt and the and the water . |
| 22 | You think you 're going to get the same kind of opposition ? |
| 23 | Are you going to get the same colour as your car then ? |
| 24 | You go , is she going to get the same pair ? |
| 25 | The therapies are fairly tiring , and you will need all your energies if you 're going to get the full benefit . ’ |
| 26 | Calendar , erm no , what about you were going to get the thick tights , but what did you get her ? |
| 27 | Waiting to get the right one . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , back at the ivory tower , lobby groups are busying themselves with the legal questions while waiting to get the big question answered ( i.e. why do people do it ? ) . |
| 29 | The group , which successfully blocked a plan to extend a golf club over Tunstall Hills , is now aiming to get the local landmark protected . |
| 30 | If you can hold your feelings and examine them , force yourself to hear the voice and ask why it produces the response that it does , you are beginning to get the better of it , to break the fearful silence that surrounds it and , incidentally , to add another voice to your writing repertoire . |