Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ . |
| 2 | The thing is that I could n't cancel the draft — it cost £6.50 to get it , and would have cost another £12.00 to get it annulled . |
| 3 | It allows people to get into the story — to read , to read . |
| 4 | It costs money to get in , have you thought of that ? ’ |
| 5 | That 's the main problem , if we want to go anywhere , it costs money to get there . |
| 6 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 7 | Just as it costs peanuts to get oil out of a hole in the ground , it costs peanuts to put rubbish into one — so long as the oil , or the space , lasts . |
| 8 | It takes ages to get over operations . ’ |
| 9 | If you are in the river and pee in the water , it can sense your urine and will swim up to lodge in you , swimming up the nearest orifice and sticking out its barbs , which is meant to be excruciatingly painful — and it takes surgery to get one out . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll put in a request for them to check out Albany ’ George grumbled , ‘ but it takes months to get them to do your office never mind your home . |
| 11 | The most common type used by gardeners is drawn through the earth by rotors that dig the soil and it takes practice to get the knack of using it . |
| 12 | Satellite surveillance is all very well , but it takes time to get information back and in that time a naval force can have moved a fair distance . |
| 13 | She 's very young , only a girl really , and it takes time to get used to this funny little country . |
| 14 | It takes time to get over loved ones disappearing or dying . |
| 15 | yeah I think that 's probably the best thing and gradually the past you 've missed might start fitting into place as it were you know if you , if you keep up with the present , I think that 's probably the best thing so er and , you know , er I know it 's no comfort but these things take time , you know it takes time to get socialized into something and it takes time to get used to a way of working . |
| 16 | yeah I think that 's probably the best thing and gradually the past you 've missed might start fitting into place as it were you know if you , if you keep up with the present , I think that 's probably the best thing so er and , you know , er I know it 's no comfort but these things take time , you know it takes time to get socialized into something and it takes time to get used to a way of working . |
| 17 | ‘ It took years to get it roadworthy . |
| 18 | Eric Pickles , leader of Bradford Council , cautioned that it took time to get budgets under control . |
| 19 | Besides , it took time to get the formula right ; one dose began to work on the notes alter only 24 hours . |
| 20 | Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do . |
| 21 | Since you can pick up penalties for stepping out , even inadvertently , it makes sense to get used to sparring in a competition-sized square . |
| 22 | It makes sense to get a second opinion ! |