Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] to get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty had given them a thorough grounding in the process , and put out the evening feeds ready , not trusting them to get the quantities right . |
| 2 | How would the caring services react if we knew that our performance was being evaluated by the people we were serving , and if disabled people were always involved in deciding : which issues they felt were most important ; how the money should be spent ; and who they wanted to employ to support them to get the job done . |
| 3 | ‘ They all want me to get the Hitman 's autograph . |
| 4 | They also want your reliability — they want to rely on you being there and to trust you to get the job done . |
| 5 | Of course we take all of these worries seriously — but I want you to get the scale of the complaints in perspective . |
| 6 | But I want to , I want you to get the idea clear in your minds about what a quality plan is . |
| 7 | I want you to get the room ready , with a supply of masks and gloves , and gowns just inside the door . |
| 8 | Samaritans who will always assist you to get the help that is needed . |
| 9 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 10 | It was after this that Vere Barker , his rather grand agent , helped him to get the house in Hampstead and began to up his fees even for radio — for which he continued to work — poems , plays , schools radio , £10 , £12 , £20 sometimes : it all totted up . |
| 11 | The electorate took a dim view of this practice when the government used it to get the consumption tax through in December . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's enabling us to get the effects we need in blends , primarily with wool , mainly for women 's wear . |
| 13 | Once inside her room she 'd called reception and told them to get the police . |
| 14 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |
| 15 | ‘ I told her to get the supper ready . ’ |
| 16 | First Nixon purged them to get the spotlight off himself then Ford had a go and Carter ran his own massacree . |
| 17 | She feels that the experience of being a childminder helped her to get the job and certainly gave her the confidence to apply in the first place . |
| 18 | ‘ What 's the bastard trying to do , Nurse Dungarvan ? ’ he mumbled as Dr Curtis tried to listen to his chest ‘ Tell him to get the hell out of it . ’ |
| 19 | Phone Sharon and tell her to get the phone number . |
| 20 | Still , ’ the frown faded , to be replaced by the grin , ‘ I 'd hate you to get the idea that all is doom and gloom . |
| 21 | How long would it take you to get the furniture out ? |
| 22 | So unless you come up with a bloody good reason why you 're assaulting Virginia in broad daylight in the middle of a London exhibition I strongly advise you to get the hell out of here . |
| 23 | ‘ Er — how long would it take him to get the part ? ’ she enquired , fearing the worst . |
| 24 | We do n't want him to get the wind , do we ? |
| 25 | On about this flat that George , helping him to get the thing for |
| 26 | Then she remembered he was just using her to get the company , to get her to marry him ! |
| 27 | She empowered him to get the tank , the section of drainpipe , the guttering . |
| 28 | ‘ I asked him to get the UFO files opened . ’ |
| 29 | Particularly if a large sum of money is involved , it could pay you to get the advice of a pension consultant . |
| 30 | And if this were any other place I 'd tell you to get the hell out of here and out of my life . ’ |