Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She says that between three and four thousand people in the country have so far registered complaints about the drug with their solicitors — they will have to be examined before any action is taken to get expert advice on how probable it is that their problem was caused by the Myodil injections .
2 and the one who owned the car was itching to get Joe dumped so that he could turn around and make the slow , crawling drive across town to his home .
3 CHRISTMAS is coming , and the home computer companies are hoping to get fat .
4 It seems the extra help is wanted to get IBM 's division to function more as independent companies .
5 John Sandiford was trying to get revenge by making the QC — now a judge — late for a case .
6 At last , they thought , the Islands Council was beginning to get things right .
7 If you 've got a spouse and children then the spouse is going to get household goods and personal effects , the ordinary everyday things in the house and the first seventy five thousand pounds .
8 If one person is prevented getting AIDS by this officer , we 've paid for that person for two years , and I think practically every one of these posts that Queenie takes great offence at is producing a useful end product , and the other point is that Government legislation year after year after year puts more responsibilities on the City Council , the new Environmental Protection Act is a good example .
9 In the meantime , the trade weekly reports , Kalb is attempting to get DEC to clarify its supercomputer strategy in the wake of its announcement that it will also sell Intel Corp 's iPSC machines .
10 At this time of year , hundreds of people are struggling to get hunters fit and although roadwork is not that exciting , it will be free and your help will be much appreciated .
11 Huge sums are paid to get cigarette brands ‘ placed ’ in children 's films .
12 RoSPA are trying to get supermarkets to change the design of their trolleys , and to give clear guidance to customers .
13 Control were trying to get hold of him , to verify that he had accidentally triggered his window alarm .
14 And er there was a stage when we came to the , where we really decided we 'd have to earmark different streets , how far we were gon na go in the centre of the town , because people were beginning to get grants for altering houses , and then in another five years time the council , the council were having to buy back these houses to redevelop the area .
15 Farrow is trying to get Allen 's adoption of two children declared void .
16 As one of Mr Major 's closest friends — he holidays with him every summer in Spain — Mr Garel-Jones was expected to get promotion to the Cabinet in the summer .
17 The district was determined to get action on long-standing problems , for example , reducing waiting times in certain specialities , or making clinicians travel to patients for outpatient clinics at a peripheral community hospital , rather than make patients travel to the DGH .
18 They found primary school teachers were starting to get grips with the process of assessing pupils and many were more accurate than in the curriculum 's first year .
19 The membership was down to 298 and existing members were urged to get friends to join .
20 As Britain has a special responsibility towards her and her country , can the Minister tell the House what action our ambassador is taking to get access to her and to secure her release ?
21 The most important thing I learnt was that the lawyer 's job in local government is to help get things done rather than provide elegant reasons for doing nothing .
22 Other ideas were around and one cynic remarked ‘ Everyone and their grandmother is trying to get money based on the US tritium shortage . ’
23 ‘ At one stage we thought Freddie was going to get John thrown out but they both calmed down after a few minutes , ’ added the source .
24 So perhaps they would have made the same mistakes as well. , He believes his most serious mistake was wanting to get things done in a hurry .
25 ‘ Assuming Godolphin 's right , and this thing was attempting to get access to the Society , we have to ask why . ’
26 A conscious decision is needed to get government out of things the private sector does better and to concentrate government on the basic things that only governments can do .
27 In blackmail the demand must be to make a gain or loss , whereas in robbery the threat is made to get property .
28 The problem is trying to get people to go into their offices and rock their handsets .
29 My mother and aunt used to have two small glasses apiece , the result being that poor dad was left to get supper .
30 erm one of the best programmes that I participated in was a programme where yes , money was spent to get matter for bucks as it 's called .
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