Example sentences of "[noun sg] was get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early on in the present government 's administration a representative of Fabius warned that if research was to get the money it required , other ministries would suffer . |
| 2 | Their solution on the Egypt to India run was to get the RAF to plough a huge furrow across the desert which the pilots could follow . |
| 3 | The exercise was to get the victim out of the vehicle , and the tool used gave as little vibration as possible to minimise further distress . |
| 4 | Peter Preston , editor of The Guardian , said his newspaper 's main aim was to get the European court to rule that it was wrong for the Government to use injunctions to prevent publication of such material , on the questions of principle and cost . |
| 5 | The aim was to get the weight as low as possible while at the same time maintain adequate surface area . |
| 6 | By the time he reached home his only aim was to get the van into the garage and find the strength to get up the stairs and to bed . |
| 7 | The aim was to get the Davidians to give themselves up . |
| 8 | The aim was to get the plant operational by March . |
| 9 | The same person the same person all I 'm saying the reason that the meeting was convened this evening and the reason that Paul wants the meeting this evening was to get the views from the public about what they felt was going on at the playhouse and what they would like to see that is n't taken place I think that was the thing behind the meeting and that 's what we 'd like to see right okay . . . |
| 10 | ‘ My incentive was to get the young man to … trust me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My incentive was to get the man to … trust me . ’ |
| 12 | First on the agenda was to get the engine going , which had seized solid , but with a little persuasion and plenty of penetrating oil it became free . |
| 13 | dog was getting the top off and down and then hiding the bottles ! |
| 14 | ‘ But father told me that my first priority was to get the farm paid for . |
| 15 | His temper was getting the better of him . |
| 16 | Erm we also know that base five formwork is up so we started on base five as soon as we can , put as many resources into it as we can we mentioned earlier that er having five hundred people in there made life quite congested but we decided the more people that helped in there the better and er our objective was to get the er wall steelwork up . |
| 17 | The purpose of the legislation was to get the education services to deliver what parents , the community and taxpayer wanted . |
| 18 | Blackhurst alleged that Murrin 's greatest success was to get the Sunday Times to publish libellous evidence about Oyston from this dossier in a series of three damaging articles . |
| 19 | And it should be recalled that in a very short time ( less than three months ) Harris mounted his 1,000-Plan to demonstrate what strategic bombing was all about , but more especially the main reason was to get the Navy and the Army off his back with their insistent and regular demands for bombers to bolster the parlous situation in their theatres of war . |
| 20 | Erm the most important thing was getting the money . |
| 21 | The general view seemed to be that the important thing was to get the economic and social base right and the language would look after itself . |
| 22 | Both Prof Steel Bodger and Richard Meade told the court the most important thing was to get the horse off the gate as quickly as possible to avoid serious injury . |
| 23 | And the the way was to get the heaviest boy he would the be the the threshing machine machine . |
| 24 | I thought dad was getting the paint ? |
| 25 | As he spoke , so Ray Doyle 's voice hardened , and he stood up from the armchair , hoping that Jack Stone was getting the message : the favour was over . |
| 26 | The idea was to get the target hooked , and once he was hooked , he could be played along — very successfully and lucratively — for presents . |
| 27 | The hardest part was getting the ammunition up there ! |
| 28 | The difficult bit was getting the short poles at top and bottom to fit into the others . |
| 29 | Mary of course was to get the largest amount — twenty . |
| 30 | Our first step was to get the Department of the Environment to upgrade the building to II* in recognition of its remarkable interior . |