Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] to get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is recorded somewhat ruefully that , after years of struggle , when the Veterinarian had won its fight to get the course lengthened , students who had previously been apprenticed for three or four years to a practitioner claimed they at least ought to be able to leave the College after 12 months , and not have to stay the same period — two years — as the non-apprenticed . |
| 2 | Berliners are of one mind in pressing their claim to get the government back , knowing that a shift of the ministries from Bonn would attract to the city businesses of all kinds , eager to be close to the centres of decision-making . |
| 3 | ‘ If we can escape from the others , ’ I told him , ‘ we 'll need your help to get the ship home . ’ |
| 4 | He does n't have to pass our door to get the bus stop , he does n't have to pass our door to get to the schools |
| 5 | All the girls opened their grammar books at the page Mademoiselle commanded then Mary-Lou found she had her English grammar instead of her French one so she reopened her desk to get the right book . |
| 6 | Kathleen flushed and was angry with herself for it and for allowing her sister to get the better of her again . |
| 7 | told his wife to get the doctor , and that sort of business in , but er imagine a man knocking up his shed during the night |
| 8 | I 've admired his ability to get the best out of players and if I go into management , which is my aim , I 'll take a lot of Dave with me . ’ |
| 9 | Er in so much as I mean I must admit with these increases , I appreciate your need to get the extra profits and I 'm looking at the ones where I think we can push them to get a bit more . |
| 10 | Then you can plan your time to get the most from your visit ? |
| 11 | I then started to put my foot to get the next rung down . |
| 12 | It 's about this woman who 's blind right , and they killed her husband to get the erm , jewels , you know , and erm , you know , 'cause she she , she can like tell , you know , she was gon na find the killers , you know , and people were saying that 'cause she 's blind |
| 13 | During this time George continued his studies both by correspondence and at night classes until he achieved his ambition to get the letters AMIMechE after his name . |
| 14 | They were on the lovely island putting together the whole package ; visiting tourist boards , airlines , exclusive hotels , doing their utmost to get the best at the best rates for their clients . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'll get in touch with you as soon as he can , ’ said Melissa , trying not to allow her irritation to get the better of her . |
| 16 | He had been accosted only recently by an irate Aggie Temple when he drove his cart into Page Street , and now he had to steer clear of the little turning until he could fulfil his promise to get the woman a genuine tomcat mouser which had been doctored . |
| 17 | THE post-match critic who wondered if Hibs had come off the team bus moving backwards might have been guilty of allowing his cynicism to get the better of him , but there can be no-one at Easter Road this morning able to derive any satisfaction from the side 's performance at Ibrox . |
| 18 | And then Paul takes me up to their house where I , usually about ten past eleven gives me time to get the pushchair put up again and |
| 19 | Sunsoft Inc says it will start delivering OEM versions of Solaris 2.1-on-Intel by mid-January , fulfilling its promise to get the desktop Unix for Intel Corp iAPX-86 boxes out during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 20 | Do not forget to weight your food to get the portion sizes right . |