Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To imply that individuals ‘ deserve ’ or choose to get cancer through their actions is absurd and wrong . |
| 2 | Pieper tried and failed to get hold of the outfits to brief them and to gauge their reaction . |
| 3 | In the conflicts that followed , Offwood and his party tried and failed to get Thomas Hooker and later John Davenport [ qq.v. ] named co-pastor of the church . |
| 4 | I 've had to organise the case conference and push to get Winnie into Part III . ’ |
| 5 | He frequently gives interviews , and has got television performances down to a fine art . |
| 6 | he 's married and has to get sperm to get children . |
| 7 | The only problem is , one of them 's still only thirteen and has to get time off school to play gigs . |
| 8 | Coleridge fainted when told at a reception in Malta , and tried to get leave to return . |
| 9 | Meanwhile he separately interviewed the vicar , and churchwardens , and opposing groups of parishioners , and tried to get conciliation , and persuaded the lawyers to postpone the court while he tried conciliation ; all to no purpose . |
| 10 | Maggie fastened her eyes on him and tried to get control of her temper and her very stupidly lingering disappointment . |
| 11 | In the unlikely event of an alternative Administration being returned to power and seeking to get talks started , on the basis of my experience over the past two years I wish the hon. Gentleman well . |
| 12 | It then took more than an hour of bathing and shampooing to get Tosh back to his natural ebony colour ! |
| 13 | The time was just after 9.30 p.m. and beginning to get dusk . |
| 14 | If you pick up the phone and ring to get seats here you will very often find that you ca n't get through . |
| 15 | Father was convinced that his wife would not have enough to live on when he died and overworked to get money . |
| 16 | As will be evident , it is my view that we have a choice between attempting to satisfy certain demands and failing to get hold of our subject-matter , or relaxing the demands and getting some hold on it . |
| 17 | " It 's best to say so and try to get things clear . |
| 18 | So on his way to Yorkshire last Thursday evening he decided to call in and try to get things settled . ’ |
| 19 | His knees almost buckled but he fought himself upright and managed to get Trent into focus . |
| 20 | They protested the octane rating of the McLaren 's fuel and managed to get James relegated to a lowly position on the grid . |
| 21 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 22 | I could work here then go up to London during the day and try to get things sorted out . |
| 23 | But it 's like basically a conference where all the record company reps and that turn up and try to get bookings for their bands . |
| 24 | She drew a blanket over Midnight , who was lying huddled on the floor , and went to get straw for a bed . |
| 25 | I did n't sign on or claim money or nothing , so I had to go out there and steal to get money in my pocket and clothes on my back . |
| 26 | Tactics for outwitting the ticket office phone system and managing to get hold of tickets ( the consensus was use the Fax Method — if it helped us get a replay against Stuttgart , just think what it can do when you want a ticket for West Ham away on a Tuesday night in December ) |
| 27 | We will have to marshal our arguments now and attempt to get support from the French , Germans , Danes and the Dutch to produce a unified voice . ’ |
| 28 | Of course , during that time we run out of flour and had to get water and groceries . |
| 29 | Freeborn men and small landowners , they were in theory able to ‘ dispend of their owne land in yearlie reuenue , to the summe of fortie shillings sterling , or six pounds as monie goeth in our time & commonlie liue wealthilie , keepe good houses and travell to get riches ’ . |
| 30 | erm Oh definitely yes , I mean when we 're trying to play passes over the top of their defence and they 're getting cut or they 're going straight through to the goalkeeper , it 's very frustrating for us , but really it 's just a case of plugging away and trying to get things to come right . |