Example sentences of "to get the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing . |
| 2 | During the last lesson she attended — about seven months ago — she actually managed to get the round peg into its correct hole . |
| 3 | This Devonian is more than a useful one-day cricketer who does his stuff as a medium-pace seamer. he is rated as a sound technical batsman , sure-footed against the spinner and able to get the short-pitched bowling away . |
| 4 | Mr Crump made a note to get the Honourable Colonel to repeat the full name of the resembled figure later so that he could copy it out and memorise it . |
| 5 | But if you look inward , inside the Cabinet system itself , in the way that Franks allows one to , you 'll see , will you not , that it was very difficult to get the relevant Cabinet committee — the Oversea and Defence Policy Cabinet committee , which the Prime Minister chairs — to discuss this issue ? |
| 6 | ‘ Hunterston pulled out all the stops to get the spare transformer readied for shipment , a section of the fence was removed to give easy access for the low-loader , and the transformer was moved to the docks at Ardrossan and loaded on to the Fisher . |
| 7 | If the trade unions want to exercise that right , they will have to get the legal title to them whether by purchase or by what has been called euphemistically , and in criticism of Robert Owen 's failure to see the significance of ownership , ‘ revolutionising practice ’ . |
| 8 | Some try to get the legal approval ; others simply ignore it . |
| 9 | Add the subtotals for each page to get the final score . |
| 10 | I would expect to get the broad picture and highlights and examples of . |
| 11 | However , they are just as likely to get the Soviet Union , Uruguay and South Korea . |
| 12 | She did n't actually run from the room to get the hot water and salt ; whatever he had taken was a gesture : it had been enough to knock him out , but it certainly would n't kill . |
| 13 | Er it begins by subtracting the institutional population from the total population in order to get the private household population . |
| 14 | He explains that an Englishman he knew at Czech radio used always to get the usual toast na zdrave ( health ) wrong , confusing it with nadraži , meaning ‘ railway station ’ . |
| 15 | Dr Alan Williams , the caring Swansea West MP , has shown unflinching determination in his campaign to get the powers-ofentry law changed . |
| 16 | It was easy enough to get the front door open one-handed , not so easy to switch on the hall light with no hands at all . |
| 17 | It was for just such occasions that Martha kept her best china locked securely in the glass cabinet and saved to get the front room furnished ‘ fit for visitors ’ . |
| 18 | But finding an ideal seat position is impossible if you are much over six foot , as you will never be able to get the front seat back far enough . |
| 19 | Sensing how this might have harmful repercussions , Halloran and co-workers asked : ‘ How long will peaceful demonstrators seeking a new mode of expression be content to demonstrate peacefully when whatever they do is likely to get the negative treatment ? ’ ( ibid.:317 ) . |
| 20 | Now what was required then was that although the job was in a rush , the management had to telephone down to the Admiralty in Bath to get the appropriate sanction you know , to , to accept the cylinder with the er bigger gauge bore . |
| 21 | In particular , there is bound to be a large amount of work involved in buying a number of small annuities over the years and it may be difficult to get the appropriate advice at the time . |
| 22 | We took direct action : battles such as the one over access to the Lesbian Sex and Sexual Practice Conference in 1983 , the Feminist Bookfair in 1984 , and the general battle to get the SAD access code used in public listings of events in feminist publications … and much more . |
| 23 | And then I 'd like to get the Ultimate Warrior , I 'd like to get Jake the Snake |
| 24 | It also was perhaps a trifle ironic that when Charles Manson wanted to have his life story told on film , he instructed his lawyers to get the Easy Rider team . |
| 25 | Do n't get anyone to get the bloody training |
| 26 | It will be impractical , for example , to go to the market too often for new equity or to get the debt-equity ratio too far out of line . |
| 27 | The aim behind the sections is to prevent the settlor alienating income to the trustees , and therefore perhaps paying a lower rate of income tax than he would otherwise pay , when at the end of the day he might be able to get the accumulated income back . |
| 28 | I was yes I er I got my degree in was qualified and er the hours they , they were offering happened to fit in with the family so I was quite glad to get the extra income . |
| 29 | I mean where are they going , where are they going to get the extra money from er to pay for the old aged pensioners ' er eight pound rise ? |
| 30 | But if you look at the next one you see the arches er all the the other arches are have been raised about er a metre , and that was done deliberately to get the extra height on the outside wall so that they could put erm a er er higher roof in for the the knave and for the the aisle so that they could ge make it a bigger space . |