Example sentences of "we [vb past] to get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Jimmy Airlie , secretary of the Ford union side , said : ‘ We expected to get a favourable majority . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And I said to our Joe we got to get a another lock for that door . |
| 4 | Then we tried to get a pair of shoes , also a standard model . |
| 5 | The coefficient of correlation value is good , considering that we tried to get a mathematical relationship from a physiological response . |
| 6 | We tried to get a balance between a Test side and a one day side from the squad . |
| 7 | We tried to get a rubber that rubs , rubs ink out but you ca n't get one very well can you ? |
| 8 | A heart-warming incident took place at a little up-country town where we rested to get a midday meal . |
| 9 | Oh we forgot to get a chair out today . |
| 10 | When I was seven months pregnant we decided to get a flat of our own . |
| 11 | we decided to get a new one , and use the new numbers . |
| 12 | We love him he 's thirteen years old so we we decided to get a a puppy because we thought we 'd we would n't want to get one when he departs this world because you can never replace them . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a good job we managed to get a shepherd . |
| 14 | Goal hero Steve Mardenborough added : ‘ We knew we had to get a result because we 've slipped up a little bit recently . |
| 15 | Before before we could get nationalization , we had to get a Labour government . |
| 16 | To begin with , we were n't looking to trick anyone — the job was perfectly straightforward — and we wanted to get a good geographic spread to avoid any bias towards the London area which has the lion 's share of the current bureau . |
| 17 | For many weeks prior to the first of February we attempted to get a district council , a Labour council to agree that should apply in the case . |