Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Field 's new products for 1992 were used to get hair in peak condition , making it manageable and easier to style . |
| 2 | ‘ We met with Brigadier General Critchley — the major-domo of British golf — and were told to get Hogan and Snead for Wentworth . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I wanted them to understand that there was no way they were going to get Kim , ’ he said . |
| 4 | We were darn sure we were going to get value for money . ’ |
| 5 | And er there was a stage when we came to the , where we really decided we 'd have to earmark different streets , how far we were gon na go in the centre of the town , because people were beginning to get grants for altering houses , and then in another five years time the council , the council were having to buy back these houses to redevelop the area . |
| 6 | as the years came on they were beginning to get mystery fo folk but er not in my time . |
| 7 | They found primary school teachers were starting to get grips with the process of assessing pupils and many were more accurate than in the curriculum 's first year . |
| 8 | Control were trying to get hold of him , to verify that he had accidentally triggered his window alarm . |
| 9 | Then they got really crazy and they were trying to get David 's movie camera and to arrest us all . |
| 10 | Cos if they were trying to get peasant support and erm showing the importance of peasants instead of the United Front they would 've made it public . |
| 11 | The membership was down to 298 and existing members were urged to get friends to join . |
| 12 | She was struggling to get Maire 's breath back , and raise her to her feet . |
| 13 | and the one who owned the car was itching to get Joe dumped so that he could turn around and make the slow , crawling drive across town to his home . |
| 14 | As one of Mr Major 's closest friends — he holidays with him every summer in Spain — Mr Garel-Jones was expected to get promotion to the Cabinet in the summer . |
| 15 | He was expected to get Hong Kong or the BBC after endorsing Major over Kinnock . |
| 16 | So perhaps they would have made the same mistakes as well. , He believes his most serious mistake was wanting to get things done in a hurry . |
| 17 | In his own words he was seeking to get immigration control on a basis where it was firm but where it was administered with some degree of compassion for the individual case ’ . |
| 18 | The sound of a gun being cocked ; whoever it was had got hold of his antique gun . |
| 19 | ‘ Assuming Godolphin 's right , and this thing was attempting to get access to the Society , we have to ask why . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Johnson said : ‘ To be honest , I thought he was going to get hold of one of us . |
| 21 | Mr Johnson said : ‘ To be honest , I thought he was going to get hold of one of us . |
| 22 | ‘ He spent his life worrying about his health — terrified he was going to get cancer . |
| 23 | If she explained it was going to get Gwen into trouble . |
| 24 | ‘ At one stage we thought Freddie was going to get John thrown out but they both calmed down after a few minutes , ’ added the source . |
| 25 | I could n't eat , because of the cuts , could n't drink — they were feeding us milk through straws — and my face was beginning to get septicaemia as we lay in this hut with just this little oil- lamp , and the mosquitoes at night would come and sit on the wounds , and I could n't stop thinking about what was going to happen next in my life , and we had no newspapers and I did n't know what was happening and I could n't cry because it pulled the stitches . |
| 26 | At last , they thought , the Islands Council was beginning to get things right . |
| 27 | He was beginning to get cramp in his right leg . |
| 28 | It was beginning to get light then . ’ |
| 29 | Already he was beginning to get roles in the ballets by Dulcie Howes which were being rehearsed . |
| 30 | In June , it was n't getting dark till midnight , and we 'd be sitting about talking , not releasing what time it was , and going to bed at four in the morning when it was starting to get light again . ’ |