Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb past] to get [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A heart-warming incident took place at a little up-country town where we rested to get a midday meal . |
| 2 | Certain things were asserted beyond peradventure : namely , that we had to get the public-sector borrowing-requirement down , because if it went up or stayed up it would keep interest rates up . |
| 3 | The coefficient of correlation value is good , considering that we tried to get a mathematical relationship from a physiological response . |
| 4 | ‘ Once the quads were born , everything stopped , except we had to get the top floor converted into a nursery , ’ John said . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ he began hesitantly , ‘ it all began when Una took sick and we had to get the doctor … ’ |
| 6 | To begin with , we were n't looking to trick anyone — the job was perfectly straightforward — and we wanted to get a good geographic spread to avoid any bias towards the London area which has the lion 's share of the current bureau . |
| 7 | Cos we had to get the keys off her . |
| 8 | If we failed to get the balance right , teachers would lack the necessary motivation to implement our programmes of study . |
| 9 | ‘ Our intention to ballot in this way was already known , but we hoped to get the assurances we wanted from British Rail . |
| 10 | He let us muck around but we had to get the work in at the end of the week . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We made it difficult for ourselves , but we needed to get the early breakthrough , ’ he added . |
| 12 | It must have been an hour and a half at least before we managed to get the thing out of the water . |