Example sentences of "[been] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ It does n't matter what they said something should have been done to get people out immediately . |
| 2 | Erm what kind of efforts have been made to get customers |
| 3 | A hotel that 's been flying the Union flag for more than sixty years has been told to get planning permission , or take it down . |
| 4 | We 've been retrying to get recognition nationally and locally for fifteen years . |
| 5 | Chris no Chris has been encouraged to get help with her maths sheets no deadline so I think er that means |
| 6 | Erm I think it 's somewhere down near where the Road police station is now , and erm you know they had been hoping to get premises down there . |
| 7 | I 've been trying to get councillors to find out since then , but that 's a very hard job . |
| 8 | Denis Smith says he 's been trying to get players since he came but has to sell first and there have been no bids for any of the players . |
| 9 | So she 's been trying to get work off her . |
| 10 | Great , I 've been trying to get hold of you . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry miss , but the station has been trying to get hold of you for several days , ’ he interrupted . |
| 12 | ‘ Finally , I 've been trying to get hold of you since yesterday afternoon ! |
| 13 | ‘ That 's why I 've been trying to get hold of you . ’ |
| 14 | As you know , I 've been trying to get hold of you all week . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past half-hour ! ’ |
| 16 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been trying to get hold of you to see what all this nonsense is about . |
| 18 | I 've been trying to get hold of him |
| 19 | you know what I 've been trying to get hold of a couple of one of these you know the phones , the phones that Donald 's got |
| 20 | but erm she 'd been trying to get hold of George I think for about two hours . |
| 21 | Which one , yeah that 's the one that erm Kim 's been trying to get Lorraine the Bennetton one . |
| 22 | ‘ Matt 's been trying to get planning perm — ’ |
| 23 | The injured police officer had been trying to get drivers to slow down when he was hit by a car that lost control . |
| 24 | I 've been trying to get routine security stepped up but you come right up against the lords of the wallet : who 's going to pay for it ? |
| 25 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 26 | In terms of your inquiries where have you been trying to get information from ? |
| 27 | Their son Simon , 26 , said his father had already been planning to get details of Sydney flights . |