Example sentences of "getting [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , getting the other party to cons consider your views . |
| 2 | No you 're getting the other thing on a Thursday the quiz night , twenty seventh . |
| 3 | No I 'm I 'm really looking forward to getting the new lifeboat , because I think it 'll be a great advantage from the station here . |
| 4 | Major problems were n't likely now , and fortunately getting the new pan operating , even without the cistern , did n't take long . |
| 5 | ‘ He is getting the new ham out of the fridge for selling when we open at five . |
| 6 | Personally I LOVE getting the new kit … |
| 7 | Your knowledge , experience and insight has been invaluable in getting the new Department of National Heritage off to a swift and successful start . |
| 8 | They would be amazed to hear that most experts think Sam is the one getting the good start — while Emma is the one at risk because she may not be ready to tackle the things a rising five-year old can . |
| 9 | The electrical forces that were the problem in getting the like-charged hydrogen nuclei together were at least being put to good use in attracting them into the palladium prison . |
| 10 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 11 | We 're not doing it in detail on individual activities , but we 're getting the overall productivity correct . |
| 12 | It 's just a question of getting the damn thing on the screen . ’ |
| 13 | Monday 's a good day for getting the broad brush strokes of your intentions and meanings across , but it 's a terrible time to try to explain the fine detail of a plan . |
| 14 | But getting the internal cost structure right for the 1990s has not simply been a case of manning level reductions . |
| 15 | You look little and lost , are funny and sweet — and I keep getting the overwhelming feeling that I want to take care of you . |
| 16 | The chance of it getting the entire phrase of 28 characters right is ( 1/27 ) to the power 28 , i.e. ( 1/27 ) multiplied by itself 28 times . |
| 17 | Getting the general idea off Nutty , Hoomey put his hand up . |
| 18 | what is sad to see is that a player like tony dorigo has not yet scored a goal this season and the same for kelly — that is : our wide defenders has not ( yet ) been a threat to the opposite team — which — if i rememeber correctly — did happen a couple of seasons back with both Love-Machine Sterland and Tony getting the occasional goal . |
| 19 | Snuff are what the Manics sneeringly refer to as ‘ a T-shirt band ’ — meaning a group of young southern Englishmen forever willing to amble about in Transit van land and getting the occasional play on rubbish indie radio shows that nobody with any taste listens to . |
| 20 | ‘ Funny , ’ she said after a moment , ‘ I 'm getting the unobtainable tone . ’ |
| 21 | FRONT GATE : They got the hall and the bridge , but they 're not getting the front gate . |
| 22 | Much time and effort is spent on getting the front page to look inviting . |
| 23 | and he said well , okay , with your reversing and everything else your getting the front control on the clutch |
| 24 | Locally-trained Mauir Joyful ( 8.48 ) was impressive over the shorter course a week ago and is unlikely to be troubled in getting the extra distance . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh Christ , oh Christ , ’ I mouthed in a panic and first set about getting the sticking plaster off him . |
| 26 | Every penny he 'd saved had gone to getting the key money for this house , over a thousand pounds , and then the four hundred a month rent . |
| 27 | The appointment was all the more surprising within the Colonial Service where , contrary to common precedent , Macpherson had never been tried out as ‘ officer administering the government ’ ( OAG ) ; but those who had known him in Lagos a decade earlier at once recognized that they were getting the outstanding man of the Service . |
| 28 | He glanced at me as Margaret went on , ‘ I feel very guilty at getting the poor child out of bed , as I know she 's specialling a D.I.L. and worried stiff in the process . |
| 29 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
| 30 | I do n't think getting the Labour party to resolve for unilateral disarmament changes anything … they just wo n't put it into practice they ca n't … you look at the record of governments there 's no way they can stop defending us |