Example sentences of "[noun sg] get it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact was that the board got it wrong and we took the blame . |
| 2 | He ought to have done it through the college got it cheaper . |
| 3 | Bomber Command got it right two weeks later ! |
| 4 | This sequence is probably going to be shot very early in the morning , and it will take great strength of mind to get it all together . |
| 5 | Proof that the RAF Museum got it right ! |
| 6 | ISABEL WOLFF BELIEVES THE NOBEL COMMITTEE GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME … |
| 7 | Speaking after the election Greiner said that it was too early to assess " why I did n't get it right , and why almost no one in the community got it right " . |
| 8 | That 's an excellent incentive to get it right . |
| 9 | Mr Wood works with the South Eastern Education Board and said Northern Ireland 's Education Minister , Michael Ancram , had by contrast taken consultation seriously and announced a slowing up of the reform process to get it right . |
| 10 | ‘ Procedures were carried out with care and precision on a ‘ right first time ’ principle — they did not rely on adjusting something at the end of the process to get it right . ’ |
| 11 | This last wild exaggeration has also been popular with educators at times when they wanted to stress the importance of their task and the need to get it right . |
| 12 | It will often be better to fit a sliding door track on a shallow plinth to get it level , and to install the top frame to a ceiling bearer screwed to the joists of the ceiling . |
| 13 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 14 | ‘ Nae , ye mustn'a get it wrong . |
| 15 | On top of all this there is the pronouncement by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate that it sees no reason why the PWR should not receive a licence for construction and operation in the UK , so long as the CEGB and the people who are to build the power station get it right . |
| 16 | Busy is something Graham Myers has been all season with all Forest injuries Ward with a free kick gets it clear straight to Thomson though Greyson Thomson Gemmell closes down the room immed that 's a very good ball . |
| 17 | We had one chance to get it right and , thank God , we succeeded . |
| 18 | As she told a close friend : ‘ I knew I had only one chance to get it right . |
| 19 | ‘ Selectors perform an important role — it can be a difficult balancing act at times , and you do n't get a second chance to get it right . |
| 20 | Right and then I I 've been out today and I probably wo n't go out for another four days so I hope I 'm alright you know that way it gives me chance to get it right again . |
| 21 | Cos used to tell 'em when it was gon na be and they would have time before the event to get it all tidied up , it was all ready , he would in and say , there 's such and such on that one , such and such on this one |
| 22 | Yeah , I done some wash this morning got it dry whilst it |
| 23 | Cricket is not a sage betting medium , which is why punters asked to plunge on which authority got it right would have left their money behind . |
| 24 | But where the mighty minds of the world failed dismally , the Mirror got it right . |
| 25 | Roy 's trombone features included the little known Nobody Else But Me and I 've Grown Accustomed To Her Face , and John 's solo spots on baritone sax were Stardust and Duke 's Ive Got It Bad and That Ai n't Good . |
| 26 | We 've all suffered the ‘ amateur night ’ feeling that occurs when the poor speaker gets it wrong : the upside down slide , the image on the ceiling , the missing bulb and the inevitable stifled titters from the audience . |
| 27 | IMAGINATIVE design and meticulous production methods count for nothing if the floor layer gets it wrong . |
| 28 | J. Smart of Powys lived up to his name , and was the only entrant to get it right . |
| 29 | It rolled into a hollow and it took me half an hour to get it one yard back onto the road . |
| 30 | P is ‘ Pity the first doctor got it right , ’ which is what the second doctor said . |