Example sentences of "[noun] to get [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Peace , a Victorian villain , once commented that the dangerous constable was the one who ‘ neglects his duty to go courting the servant , or nips up the entry to get a surreptitious drink . |
| 2 | You can lay cold-roll macadam over old concrete , paving or existing macadam to give it a new surface , but it 's difficult to lay over hardcore with an ordinary garden roller — you need to put down two layers and use a hired plate vibrator to get a good result . |
| 3 | Fullback Jim Staples received a helping hand , but it will take more than the magic sponge to get the Irish side back on its feet . |
| 4 | If the complaint is proved , a nuisance order is made requiring the defendant to get the necessary work done . |
| 5 | If so omit stages 2 and 3 , except for adding a similar amount of gravel to get the sloping effect . |
| 6 | Called Dual Control , it calculates where to lower or raise the plough to get a straight edge on the headland . |
| 7 | hughesy is renowned as a ‘ hard man ’ although this appears to be a one way thing — he does nt mind dishing it out but if anyone comes within a foot of him he crashes to the turf , usually clutching his face and rolling around frantically in an attempt to get a fellow professional booked/sent off . |
| 8 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |
| 9 | A bitter cup of coffee , a rude salesgirl , a failed attempt to get the right ingredients for a vegetable lasagna , are the signposts of the day , and they are massive . |
| 10 | I turned round in my seat to get a good view . |
| 11 | I it 's , it 's very hard when you , when you 've , when you 're grinding an axe to get the true mood of the meeting . |
| 12 | ‘ When the film opened , ’ recalled Crawford 's wife , Gabrielle' , ‘ we did our usual thing of driving at the crack of dawn to the air terminal to get the early newspapers . |
| 13 | BOXER Mike Tyson 's bid to get a new trial was thrown out of court yesterday — by the judge who sentenced him to six years for rape . |
| 14 | The requirement of leave gives the court control over the proceedings from the very start , and because the respondent does not have to appear at the leave stage , it is relieved of the need to take any steps to get a weak claim struck out . |
| 15 | In fact , it could be said that the only women these days who sport one single fragrance , all the time , are those famous glamour-pusses — Joan Collins , Elizabeth Taylor , Paloma Picasso , and so on — who are paid several millions of dollars a year to endorse a ‘ signature ’ scent , on condition they never allow gossipy fellow lunchers in smart restaurants to get an illicit whiff of ‘ Chanel No 5 ’ as they swan by . |
| 16 | There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look . |
| 17 | Round ‘ Guys ’ we would go to see what was doing , then along Tooley Street , over the Tower Bridge , say ‘ Goodnight ’ to the folk in the Tower , then along to Billingsgate to get the homely smell of fish . |
| 18 | There was the usual faff of getting back to the aircraft to get the flying bag , complicated by the imminent arrival of VIPs for the World Fishing Convention . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want kids to get the wrong idea from that song . |
| 20 | He could n't even run down to the village to get a new set — they had them in the marina shop at the auto-marine-because his van was temporarily off the road . |
| 21 | We took direct action : battles such as the one over access to the Lesbian Sex and Sexual Practice Conference in 1983 , the Feminist Bookfair in 1984 , and the general battle to get the SAD access code used in public listings of events in feminist publications … and much more . |
| 22 | It wo n't do , wo n't make a lady of you , and you have to be some kind of a lady to get a decent job in a decent ladies ’ shop . |
| 23 | ‘ Hunterston pulled out all the stops to get the spare transformer readied for shipment , a section of the fence was removed to give easy access for the low-loader , and the transformer was moved to the docks at Ardrossan and loaded on to the Fisher . |
| 24 | The beleaguered Frenchman screamed desperately for help from his comrade who was trying to circle behind Sharpe to get a clear thrust at the Englishman 's back . |
| 25 | In an attempt to reduce the death toll , one police force has launched a campaign to get a simple message across to cyclists — that being seen could save them from being killed . |
| 26 | Er in the nineteen seventies and eighties there was a long running campaign to get an equal rights amendment er which was sponsored largely by er women 's groups and er and er gay and lesbian groups er and they got almost there , they got two , I think two states short of getting a constitutional amendment and then something called Ronald Reagan happened and it all sort of fell apart . |
| 27 | Dr Alan Williams , the caring Swansea West MP , has shown unflinching determination in his campaign to get the powers-ofentry law changed . |
| 28 | Coun Ord , a member of Sedgefield District Council , has called for a concerted campaign to get the proportional representation across . |
| 29 | Hence RMC spent almost £1m with Waterers to get the desired effect at its headquarters at Thorpe Park and Esso 's Leatherhead headquarters was adorned with lavish landscaping . |
| 30 | They all dole out three courses unless stated otherwise ; it 's worth taking a day off work to get the full benefit , allowing for recovery time . |