Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The thing is , if I 'm going to start my own business one day , I want to get good experience working for the best … so I do n't care whether I 'm answering the phone or working in their library . |
2 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
3 | It 's a Les Paul-type guitar and it 's great , apart from the fact that I seem to get terrible feedback , even at low volumes . |
4 | I began to get cold feet , but these other two guys were totally positive and they were absolutely right . |
5 | After a while I started to get official letters threatening to send me to prison if I did n't find work . |
6 | As soon as I 'd woken up , I started to get strange pains in my stomach . |
7 | I need to get certain matters clear and precise . |
8 | After she changed the number , Coleman himself began to get similar calls at the apartment he had taken for the family in Palatine , a commuter train ride from the Boy Scouts ' office on Lake Street , Chicago , although these , too , stopped after he took the DIA 's advice and obtained an unlisted number . |
9 | The nearest they came to securing the cushion of a two-goal lead came when Rush lobbed the ball into the path of Davenport , who failed to get sufficient power into a shot to beat Walton , who was still deputising for the injured Gunn . |
10 | OK , if you want to get picky guitars should purr , destroy and rejuvenate , and dance beats should prowl , pace and threaten . |
11 | ‘ Of course it 's important — you want to get good grades , and you wo n't get them if you do n't study . ’ |
12 | There is a supplementary book included in the package , however , and you would do well to read this first if you want to get maximum benefit from the program . |
13 | There is a supplementary book included in the package , however , and you would do well to read this first if you want to get maximum benefit from the program . |
14 | Shildon-born Mr Jackson said : ‘ To be a good instructor you must have had at least a season 's skiing on snow and if you want to get basic qualifications you would be charged around £3,000 . ’ |
15 | So it 's easier than you said it 's more difficult than if you want to get clear recordings . |
16 | Those outside the card-playing school viewed her suspiciously because she seemed to get embarrassing crushes on a few of her colleagues . |
17 | With your thumb across string 6 you can strum away to your heart 's content with this shape — if you happen to get other strings sounding out , it matters not a lot . |
18 | I know of a manager who seems to get great pleasure by bullying females and male w and male workers . |
19 | If a girl had two parents still at home , she had to get written permission from both of them before performing . |
20 | Well now then you had to get different spaces for to here . |
21 | For a moment or two she sat watching a breeze ruffle the calm surface of the hotel pool — the bright blue water was so inviting that the moment you got out you wanted to get straight back in again . |
22 | Cos you have to get special mats for special cars , do n't you ? |
23 | Because you need to get maximum use of your time in an on-the-road campaign a last minute change , even a small one , can have immense repercussions . |
24 | We 're very much involved in what 's called in-service training , in the retraining and helping of teachers who 've been in the profession for some years , and who need to get new qualifications or refreshment in their professional work . |
25 | Why , in other words , should we want to get true beliefs rather than false ones ? |
26 | Lady Wilcox said : ‘ We want to get informed comment before we draw up firm recommendations , but , at present , it seems to us that the best solution is likely to be a mixture of funding from different quarters . ’ |
27 | So we want to get bright objects that we can see at great distances , but we also need to know something about what it is we 're looking at . |
28 | A o one tends to get confused Lord Mayor . |
29 | We had good sailing weather until we reached the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa , where we landed to get fresh water . |
30 | Name of Consortium — should we try to get professional help with this ? |