Example sentences of "[vb base] get [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're just out of prison and they want to get high all the time and enjoy themselves . |
| 2 | We want to get really festive about this , so answers on a Christmas card only please , to the following address . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to get as many scousers on it as I can , and a lot of women ; I want it to favour women . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So if you want to get as big a share of , say , Bloggs 's stock , as quickly as you can , you take out all the firms offering stock at once , before they can deal among themselves . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I want to get as high as I am able to , and to contribute as much as I can to the team . |
| 6 | Many employers , however , find that they want to get more involved than that . |
| 7 | Nigel : Oh , stop getting so philosophical . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , though , the savers can count themselves very fortu nate , particularly those in the off shore fund who now stand to get nearly all of their money back . |
| 9 | But if you begin to get more solid and reliable — and perhaps institutional — do you also begin to get ‘ soft ’ ? |
| 10 | Well after er we , things be begin to get more organized , people from outside the factory was drafted into the unit so i it began to be build up on that . |
| 11 | Switch through to channel three and things begin to get very dirty . |
| 12 | The French and the Italians seem to get round this problem by handing such matters to their Foreign Offices to deal with . |
| 13 | The Discobolus , a life-size model of a discus-thrower , was a Hellenistic reworking of a classical sculpture in the first place , but that did not stop the BM from buying it ; fakes seem to get less fake with age . |
| 14 | Another relevant factor is the sense of unfairness and the feeling that some employers seem to get off free . |
| 15 | After this demonstration it is needless to say which train got away first , but , of course , there was an outcry because the Mail ran late ! |
| 16 | It does n't give you a hangover if you remember to get down half a pint of water before you go to sleep . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , girls continue to get unintentionally pregnant . |
| 18 | I keep getting bloody eight ! |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a big strain — I dread getting up some days . ’ |
| 20 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 21 | And whatever your current needs , try to get as much worktop or counter space as you possibly can . |
| 22 | Most important of all , try to get as much information as you can about each of the universities you are considering , in order that you may make the most sensible choice to suit your own needs . |
| 23 | Stewart from Sparbrook says the C S A are men haters who try to get as much as possible out of them . |
| 24 | So many computer people , just like professionals from other professions , tend to get over excited by their subject , and finish up concentrating upon " gee whizz " things , such as how many megaglob of chips your £1 buys and how extraordinarily clever computers are . |
| 25 | TNCs tend to get round this by buying up or establishing their own local suppliers ( see Bennett and Sharp , 1985 ) . |
| 26 | Myself , I find enclosed spaces far more alarming , and , oddly , tend to get increasingly uncomfortable in over-large department stores . |
| 27 | HRT is also of benefit for the intermediate symptoms of the menopause , those that do not appear until some time after periods have stopped but which tend to get more noticeable and troublesome as the years go by . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't play in the five-asides but then I did n't play in them much before because I tend to get too argumentative and carried away sometimes . ’ |
| 29 | For example , you could say , ‘ I find I tend to get very involved in my work ’ , or ‘ I like to see things move along quickly ’ . |
| 30 | But then what happened it was so successful for and I think got so greedy on it they decided to go an American |