Example sentences of "get the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a survey of carers and schizophrenia sufferers , the police got the best ratings for care of the mentally ill , followed by GPs , psychiatrists , and social workers |
| 2 | Gerald Strine in the same newspaper was more forthright : for him Piggott ‘ nearly got the best horse beaten ’ . |
| 3 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
| 4 | RICHARD Holder , critically ill for two months in hospital , got the best possible pick-me-up yesterday when 33-1 shot Beresfords Girl and 3-1 chance Charmed I 'm Sure scored a 135-1 Exeter double for his Portbury stable . |
| 5 | Now Rideout , a £500,000 buy from Rangers , is determined to show Kendall got the best deal . |
| 6 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 7 | European settlers got the best of both worlds . |
| 8 | I inadvertently got the best vantage point on one of the most exciting holes in the world ! " |
| 9 | He was local to the area , I think it was one of these bakers that used to used to do it but er he probably only used to do it once a week sell it once a week I think of all the people that was on course we got the best , we got the best place and er and it came out that the erm tourist information booklet . |
| 10 | He was local to the area , I think it was one of these bakers that used to used to do it but er he probably only used to do it once a week sell it once a week I think of all the people that was on course we got the best , we got the best place and er and it came out that the erm tourist information booklet . |
| 11 | Er now , I do n't know whether you 'll put this in your in your er talk , but er in Stapleford , if you er when you married , the girl got married er she got the good wishes of the er boss she worked with , in most of the industries , I 'm not saying all . |
| 12 | They got the good dividend . |
| 13 | It seems the French got the better part of the deal when the Eurodisney share price was announced in the City yesterday with all the overkill we have come to expect from the Americans . |
| 14 | A trio of English runners featured in the women 's 1500 metres where the two 800 metres runners got the better of the specialist at the distance , Christina Cahill . |
| 15 | Bregawn 's temperament got the better of him the following season , and on his racecourse appearances he displayed increasing sourness . |
| 16 | Beattie easily got the better of Kevin Schwantz on the second lap , leaving the Lucky Strike Suzuki rider from Texas with a tough job to keep his own team-mate Doug Chandler at bay . |
| 17 | We even got the better of the 6th at last , with almost a tap-in for birdie . |
| 18 | One of them always got the better shots . |
| 19 | The whole process became disheartening and , although I tried various mantras , from words I repeated endlessly to candle flames that I stared at , my thoughts always got the better of me . |
| 20 | It was at this critical moment that good sense got the better of the others , Big Pat was calmed down and a semblance of order was restored . |
| 21 | Curiosity got the better of Yanto however , and having vaulted the fence , he made his way over the one hundred and fifty yards of re-claimed field that separated the pub from the riverbank . |
| 22 | The visitors also got the better of the try count , scoring five tries to Worthing 's four in a fast-moving match . |
| 23 | But they were unable to spin out their game for long ; impatience got the better of them and they returned the puppy , which stood shivering under its mother 's tongue as she licked it clean of foreign influences . |
| 24 | Apparently a build up of fluff ( so to speak ) clogged its workings and , as he sat to clean it on his lap , passion got the better of him . |
| 25 | The tears she 'd mastered got the better of her . |
| 26 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 27 | Sydney shut-out : Martin Bayfield got the better of Wallaby John Eales this time , but discovered that there is more to winning line-out ball than being the tallest man on the park as Australia waltzed away 40–15 . |
| 28 | Manville 's pent-up anger got the better of him . |
| 29 | She was probably the only person who ever got the better of Flynn in a fight . |
| 30 | Anthony Quinn 's Mexican/Irish temper got the better of him on the day he married Katherine De Mille , daughter of the director Cecil B De Mille . |