Example sentences of "[pron] to get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it 's for some er it 's for somebody to get a general idea of the kind of things that happen in lectures . |
| 2 | It 's daft for you to get a stiff neck on the sofa when there 's room in my bed . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll give him I 'll give him something to get a good sleep . |
| 4 | You have to give the doorman a ten pound note or something to get a nice place you know |
| 5 | He held his foster-brother away from him to get a good look at him . |
| 6 | so the most-talked-about terrace-player gets another half-page over here — if Frank play well in the US that might make it easier for him to get a new club . |
| 7 | ‘ When I walked into the studio Blixa had his body miked up and they were punching him to get a bass drum beat . |
| 8 | Crowe had told her to get a new face . |
| 9 | ‘ And we want her to get a nice lot of money for it so that she can afford to go and visit her nephew up North , ’ added Mary . |
| 10 | Then she asks me to get a small bottle of pills from her drawer . |
| 11 | ‘ I find it helps me to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 12 | He wanted me to get a good job and live a quiet , comfortable life . |
| 13 | Other law chiefs came to see us and said they would help me to get a healthy country . |
| 14 | The Parsons ' slimline dining table was too low for me to get a proper purchase to relieve the cramp . |
| 15 | The risk that the others would use them to get a political voice was a risk that had to be taken . |
| 16 | It is far better , for the sake of peace and quiet , to ‘ give them their head ’ within reason , without allowing them to get a total stranglehold on your time . |
| 17 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |