Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] to get [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 2 | Holding her very gently under the water , I took a pair of tweezers and carefully managed to get hold of the piece of gravel and remove it . |
| 3 | Actors go there to rest for the summer and then try to get work for the autumn when the little theatres open again . |
| 4 | And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind . |
| 5 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 6 | You might as well hope to get manure from a rockin' horse 's backside as help from Him . ’ |