Example sentences of "to get in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For British golf fanatics , there has perhaps never been a more nerve-wracking day than when , with only four points to get in the final singles , there was never a moment when it appeared likely that we could get them . |
| 2 | He spent the final trying to get in the right position to win the race . |
| 3 | Twelve hours just to get in the right position |
| 4 | Those coppers had been assembling , you see , so I lurked in the shadows and watched , and when the Top Cop turned up he told them all to get in the Black Maria . |
| 5 | Of course we are all under pressure because we do n't want to get in the same position as last year . |
| 6 | And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room . |
| 7 | They wanted to get in the diocesan surveyor to have a look at it before they shelled out for repairs . |
| 8 | So a department name , the admin department , a department code , one hundred , and as I was saying er , you wan na to get in the top left hand corner , any information that keeps you informed so I wan na get both the department code and the department name into that one cell . |