Example sentences of "[adv] to get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to put three together to get a successful flame . |
| 2 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 3 | I would have said at forty one you know you er you 're still probably young enough to get a salaried job but we decided that it might be worth er you trying this avenue . |
| 4 | We were not terribly surprised when he was informed that he would only receive the basic amount , since he had been lucky enough to get a golden handshake . |
| 5 | Mum and Dad and six kids , there was four in one bedroom , me sister , me and her my Me two sisters in the slept in in a double bed in me Mam 's bedroom and we four lads slept in the back bedroom w w whi which was just just big enough to get a double bed in , as you can see , and there was two that slept at the top , and two slept at the bottom . |
| 6 | If you were unfortunate enough to get a bad cook it took a while before the powers that be realised it , so you had to put up with inedible food for weeks . |
| 7 | And at least we 've been lucky enough to get a bottom bunk . ’ |
| 8 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
| 9 | When beating the sideways force of the wind is at a maximum and so we need the daggerboard right down to get a good grip on the water and stop the boat drifting sideways . |
| 10 | It 's good for a direct amp-type sound ; I ca n't crank an amplifier up here that loud , so to get a good sound I might as well put it straight into the desk . ’ |
| 11 | In fact I 'm hoping not to get a new ideal until after Christmas ! |
| 12 | how we were back to our best and they were extremely lucky not to get a good hiding . |
| 13 | But Lightbody must surely be the first not to get a senior trial in his year as Irish singles champion . |
| 14 | Its never too soon to get a big idea planted in a young head . |
| 15 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 16 | With council and hospitals not understanding their needs , Pat Ayres often has to make numerous calls just to get a new supply of syringes or nappies . |
| 17 | ‘ People will turn to all sorts of people under all sorts of conditions just to get a sympathetic response , ’ says Dr Derek Milne , chartered clinical psychologist for Northumbria health authority . |
| 18 | Does n't matter , you have to get to bed early to get a good sleep . |
| 19 | A word of warning , if you are planning a trip to Hackwood , arrive early to get a good view . |
| 20 | You have to work harder to get a good news hook , but it , but it , it still exists and people still are interested , provided it 's a hook . |
| 21 | The visiting party , who were the first and last ever to get a good look at the crater of Perboewetan , found it to be about 1,000 metres in diameter and about fifty metres deep , with a small pit , also about fifty metres deep , in the centre of the crater floor ; it was from this pit that the steam cloud was escaping with a great roar . |
| 22 | ‘ I was going home to get a new hearing-aid . |
| 23 | He spent weeks nerving himself up to get a big whale picture , or maybe a dolphin . |
| 24 | The agents insist , naturally , that they are out to get a good price . |
| 25 | people just sort of out to get a quick buck . |
| 26 | Bartlett suggests that the individual has ‘ an overmastering tendency simply to get a general impression of the whole ; and on the basis of this he constructs the probable detail ’ ( 1932 : 206 ) . |
| 27 | About to get a good job |
| 28 | Harriet knows how to get a cheap mortgage . |
| 29 | Since dogs are so easily manipulated , it is perhaps surprising that two of the most common problems we hear from doggy ‘ specialists ’ ( dog breeders , for example ) concern eating — like how to get a show dog to eat on the road , and how to get a recalcitrant dog to eat at all . |
| 30 | Ask at your local post office or council for information on obtaining a bus pass ; and for a leaflet on how to get a Senior Citizen 's Railcard , ask at your local railway station , or British Rail registered travel agent . |