Example sentences of "get the whole thing " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I got the whole thing up and running .
2 I got the whole thing under control .
3 It could be that the boy had got the whole thing planned , luring Philip out , then having him surrounded .
4 And to talk of killing your little girls shows you 've got the whole thing horribly out of perspective .
5 Not particularly but I understand that er it is , you now have the whole of China which small areas erm relatively small areas , you 've now got the whole thing , I mean if you start initiating very radical reforms , as you say you do n't have the personnel or the resources to erm to prevent a , you know , a big change disruption .
6 Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again !
7 It 'll be be much more straightforward when they 've got the whole thing on the computer but at the moment it 's a transitional phase .
8 I 'm thinking about this thing , new what sort of representative sample , where they get the whole thing random , I think they just go and knock at doors , take out every so many names off the list
9 We get the whole thing seized up for an hour and a half in the morning and an hour and a half in the evening .
10 Then followed the painstaking process of finding materials that would stand up to the tough usage and getting the whole thing done at a reasonable price .
11 It moved two things which put it into operation , you know and er I could turn the knob and it 'd get the whole thing going , it 'd get you inside , it 'd register that it 'd been , when you shut the door , as soon as you shut , in the toilets , as soon as you shut the door the penny dropped down , see what I mean .
12 Might as well get the whole thing over with as fast as possible .
13 Thank you very much to those who volunteered , or who were volunteered to help , especially to who worked as hard as I did to get the whole thing set up .
14 There are a few like myself , who look as if they wished they were n't there , and would like to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible .
15 Though the groom looked as if he longed to get the whole thing over and done with , he obeyed the dictates of tradition and refused .
16 She needed a sit down , a cup of strong coffee , and a chance to get the whole thing in proportion .
17 BR local officials attended and the first meeting of the association group was scheduled for Saturday 30th May to get the whole thing properly under way .
18 Were the Belfast and District Club just glad to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible ?
19 Yesterday things looked pretty hopeful but that it would n't take too long to get the whole thing sorted out , but I must admit things seem to be escalating and getting a lot worse now .
20 I think we had to accept that the first programmes were just to get the whole thing working really erm .
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