Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] get [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 2 | Mrs Morley said : ‘ The people who claim they have a share of Julia are just trying to get publicity . ’ |
| 3 | We 've got a big industrial park at one end and the highways department at the other end of the village so we 're always going to get traffic |
| 4 | Whereas if the consumer is still hoping to get credit from that source , he would anyway re-apply after having the information put right , so the correction would almost certainly reach the credit granter in the helpful context of an active proposal — under our existing law . |
| 5 | I know what it 's like trying to get alcohol out of your clothes . |
| 6 | that 's what I said to Ron , I mean I 've never known I ca n't remember the last time I when I used to work for Colin for ten years trying to get a holiday out of Colin was like trying to get blood ! |
| 7 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 8 | She 's probably trying to get money out of you . ’ |
| 9 | They came as a lightning surprise to them when two hundred American planes came over the city clearly visible in the cloudless sky , the Italians kept separating in two camps because of fascist and non- fascist fleet ran around frantically trying to get fog machines working , trying to obscure the target but the fog prevented warships in the harbour for putting up an effective anti-aircraft barrage . |
| 10 | We are now trying to get agreement with the International Maritime Organisation to phase in the recommendations much more quickly , and the United Kingdom has led those calls . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Unix System Labs , which has a good server story but may lack something on the desktop end like applications , is reportedly trying to get Quorum interested in Destiny . |
| 12 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |