Example sentences of "[adj] get the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That got the home fans singing .
2 In 1918 , women over 30 got the vote in Britain .
3 And this helps to foster it because the tourist contribute well to the funds and this gets the children more prize money and so on .
4 This gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture that reacts to form acids in the engine .
5 The youngest gets the kicks from all the rest , that 's nothing new .
6 2 Get the students to do so correctly .
7 Although the positioning of the pipes and the fittings needed will depend on the exact position of the cylinder and its connections , it will usually be easier to get the pipes in before the cylinder is installed .
8 Right : sometimes it 's easier to get the hang of it on dry land
9 Virtually any dried foods can be prepared in this way at very little cost and this has been found to be more than adequate to get the fry .
10 They were all slate there , the old new there was slate there , but they were n't prepared to get the machines to clear it , at it .
11 He , Lewis , was quite prepared to get the place redecorated at his own expense .
12 What sort of thing did you have to do wrong to get the cane ?
13 If HW is as smart as he is supposed to be ( he is favourite to get the pos. as Englands new manager ) he would have let Frank come on much earlier ’
14 Smash this to get the drain rod in .
15 Someone was to hold up the traffic , another to get the guards , but first someone was sent down the side lane towards St Vincent 's Hospital to alert casualty and summon help .
16 Besides , the only stakeholders with an indisputable interest in stopping the sale are NCR 's top managers , who were careful to get the board to boost their own severance packages on the day Ma Bell made its bid .
17 He had to reach up high to get the chocolate and accidentally knocked over a bottle of milk .
18 It would be cleaner to get the law changed .
19 They were blurred and his features were indistinct , but Sabine got the impression that he was n't particularly young .
20 Sabine got the seatbelt off at last , and heaved and dragged the woman , arms and legs trailing , clear of the car .
21 I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section
22 They used to have a clipped get the clips to hang them on the wagon , another bloke took clip off .
23 It is obvious that you can not out of a joint get the sauceboat full which usually appears on the table .
24 PATCHWORK Marshall JMP-1 Get the cheque book out , dust off the credit card or prepare to attack that porcelain pig with a mallet !
25 This clever ladders and platforms game is highly addictive , yet simple to get the hang of .
26 Take a seat behind the wheel and there is n't much to get the pulses racing either .
27 It is easier to say whether a man has paid the money or not than to say whether he has complied with other orders ; and if he fails to pay , it is easy to get the money by selling his goods , if he has any .
28 It was easy to get the name of brains in those days . ’
29 ‘ It 's not always easy to get the jokes .
30 She had lined her pencil-box with pond-weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it was not easy to get the newt out of the hat and into the pencil-box .
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