Example sentences of "[vb infin] to get the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You may need to get the pH right for breeding and in that situation 5pH is not too low .
2 To get a second opinion for a Legally Aided client you will need to get the authority of the Legal Aid Board .
3 Buyers are currently working on this one with suppliers and will need to get the mix of flavours to suit as many customers as possible .
4 She 'd need to get the lass a new dress — she was a fair disgrace …
5 If it still remains uncomfortable , then we , then we need to have a closer look and we may need to get the eye specialist involved if it 's refused to settle down .
6 Neither of us could wait to get the round over , we were so cold and miserable .
7 You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch .
8 Well basically if you pay a hundred and sixty pound plus for a premium , you do not expect to get the sort end of the stick .
9 Samples of both victims ' blood would be taken from the bodies at the post-mortem , but it would be three days at least before he could expect to get the result of the analysis .
10 ‘ A good teacher is someone who 'll take a good joke but will make us work to get the work done .
11 what would you multiply to get the answer straight off ?
12 I mean the erm in fact , there 's only one fairly tight path you can follow to get the car in .
13 ( 74 ) McKinley was overhead to say that he would like to get the knife into Spencer 's possessions …
14 We 'd obviously , we 'd like to get the agreement of this committee to continue that work and to take it up to the various bodies and consultation .
15 Put that way , who would be high on the list of people women would n't like to get the kiss of life from ?
16 Pictures done in the zoo can be much better than those done in a museum from a dry skin , perhaps not very convincingly stuffed ; but only if there are field sketches too for the artist to work from can he hope to get the background right .
17 This meant that the men on each farm , with the addition of certain seasonal workers like the company of sheep-shearers , agreed with the farmer to bring in the harvest on ‘ piecework ’ — so much per acre of crops ; or perhaps they would contract to get the harvest in during the period of a month from the time they started ; or instead of a month some agreements would state Twenty Four Fine Days .
18 Thus parents might decide to get the baby into a routine and this would mean imposing some sort of 24-hour cycle upon the child .
19 I would n't and said so ; to avoid it , I told him I would try to get the album and bring it to the Wrexham crematorium that evening .
20 You must try to get the ferret back .
21 When the original task-centred actor returns , he or she will probably try to get the role back and another week or two will have to pass before the group achieves equilibrium again .
22 ‘ I 'll try to get the time off , ’ he says .
23 This distaste for the subject of money should also guide his behaviour if another gentleman was impudent enough to enquire about his income : ‘ [ In such a situation the mirza ] should try to get the topic changed ; if not he should leave the house to its owner and run away as fast as his feet can carry him .
24 Yeah , I know but I ca n't really do can I I have to get the stool from downstairs .
25 I 'll have to get the wall repainted .
26 So she said , oh I 'll have to get the nurse .
27 Well we 'll just have to get the music and
28 What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith .
29 What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith .
30 ‘ But before that happened , it would have to get the permission of the panel which would have to consider very carefully if that affected the independence of the audit . ’
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