Example sentences of "[verb] to get the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chance of the monkey happening to get the first letter — M — right is therefore 1 in 27 . |
| 2 | There seemed no point , unless it was just a question of wanting to get the last word . |
| 3 | Strach said before the match ‘ if we get the first goal , then there 's only gon na be one winner ’ — fair enough , but you 've got to get the first goal . |
| 4 | I 've got to get the last train home . |
| 5 | But here the Common Law Courts manage to get the last word ; for they acquired the power , in the fifteenth century , to decide whether the writ is good or not , and if not , the fact that the plaintiff has got the writ will not help him . |
| 6 | Skipper Richard Gough , who returns after a groin injury , says ‘ Sure , I 'd like to get the first goal at Elland Road . |
| 7 | Claudia goes to get the first aid kit . |
| 8 | Do n't you remember the canteen lady leaving to get the last tram ? ’ |
| 9 | Barns were supposed to have hay in them — they did in the movies — where the hero could hide while the baddies , with a total disregard for blood poisoning or spread HIV , jabbed a pitchfork in and out like a demented barman trying to get the last maraschino out of the bottle . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd love to get the first place , ’ she thought . |
| 11 | Fran glared at him , cursing the fact that he had managed to get the last word on her programme ! |
| 12 | Roy just managed to get the last seat on the plane and was making his way down the cabin , trying to secure space for his luggage . |
| 13 | He acknowledges that ‘ to make it fly , we have to get the next generation of telephones sorted out ’ and says that the European Telecommunications Standards Institution is working on the standard telephonic layouts , displays and icon conventions needed to ensure that users wo n't be too bewildered by the options offered by their neighbour 's phone . |
| 14 | Yeah Have to get the next week . |
| 15 | If you , If you 're game right and the entire field is full of mines and you need to get the last base . |