Example sentences of "we [vb past] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we failed to get the balance right , teachers would lack the necessary motivation to implement our programmes of study . |
| 2 | As you may recall , last season we failed to get our name drawn from the Vase hat and , remembering past FA Cup fiascos , I gave the lads the first round Saturday off . |
| 3 | We failed to get the day 1 samples from eight patients and the day 8 samples from one patient . |
| 4 | Unless we could discern some clear difference between the task to be performed between the levels , including that of the board , we sought to get it eliminated . |
| 5 | Mr Jimmy Airlie , secretary of the Ford union side , said : ‘ We expected to get a favourable majority . |
| 6 | First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon . |
| 7 | We expected to get a variety of other interesting specimens in the highlands of Arussi , where Ivor Buxton had discovered the mountain nyala in 1910 ; this large buck , resembling a greater kudu , was known only from the highlands of Arussi and Bale . |
| 8 | We got to get our message back to him , and we got to make it clear . |
| 9 | And I said to our Joe we got to get a another lock for that door . |
| 10 | We got to get ready |
| 11 | One day last week we 'ad to get us own lunch , me young See-all-hear-all-say-nowt upstairs , and then I had to bellow to get him down t'elp or I 'd 'ave been stuck 'ere in this chair wi'out a sup or bite from dawn to dusk and beyond . |
| 12 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps if we tried to get things straight in our minds now , it might hurry the enquiry along , ’ Peggy suggested , casually . |
| 14 | Jesus , if you knew how hard we tried to get her off that damned powder . ’ |
| 15 | In such epidemics we tried to get people to boil their water and to eat their food hot from the rice and curry pots , but it was rare for cholera victims to recover . |
| 16 | We tried to get them to the door but they kept falling about . |
| 17 | ‘ We tried to get back but the waves were getting bigger . |
| 18 | We tried to get our point across . |
| 19 | Then we tried to get a pair of shoes , also a standard model . |
| 20 | We both had large appetites and although we tried to get on the same table at mealtimes so that we could monopolise the food , we were permanently hungry . |
| 21 | We tried to get witnesses for the defence , but they ail confirmed that he had killed the DO on purpose . |
| 22 | The coefficient of correlation value is good , considering that we tried to get a mathematical relationship from a physiological response . |
| 23 | We tried to get through and ask him the question on air . |
| 24 | Erm just er presentation of the programme of the way and the , the way we tried to get into everything . |
| 25 | We tried to get a balance between a Test side and a one day side from the squad . |
| 26 | We tried to get a rubber that rubs , rubs ink out but you ca n't get one very well can you ? |
| 27 | But one night we tried to get the whole entire floor out on the landing . |
| 28 | See we er we tried to get and it was about ten to twelve so I thought , I thought Carole was n't coming till the next bus so I 'd go down and pick her up . |
| 29 | We seemed to get on awfully well on the court , and we laughed together a lot during the game . |
| 30 | I found him a most agreeable man and we seemed to get along well from the start . |