Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not impressed either by the Department 's argu ment that to have revoked the licence would have triggered a dis orderly collapse , allowing the smart money to get out and leaving pen sioners high and dry . |
| 2 | The idea was that the United Nations arms embargo on ex-Yugoslavia should be lifted to enable the Bosnian Muslims to get the heavy weapons they need . |
| 3 | Gary Smith : ‘ You learn to pull the right triggers , push the key words to get the money . |
| 4 | The long credit that the Dutch had given the first planters to get them started in Barbados in the 1640s came to an end with the Dutch war of the 1650s , which made it harder for English planters to finance development when they wanted to grow sugar in Jamaica . |
| 5 | Indeed , had it not been for the blazing row with Mama she would still be living with her parents , seeing Charlie twice a week and helping the wounded airmen get back their confidence . |
| 6 | Earlier this year , Carl Barton , a 32-year-old sociology lecturer from Durham , became the first student to get his MA in Geordie humour . |
| 7 | EVERTON became the latest side to get a taste of the Ian Wright magic — and they did not like it one little bit . |
| 8 | He 's a chef and does n't want the younger children to get to his knives . |
| 9 | She helped the little ones to get washed and dressed ; she helped them to play and draw and read . |
| 10 | Here , though , the procedure of the auctioneer was somewhat different , for at first the most attractive girls were auctioned to the highest bidders and then a sort of reverse auction took place in which the unattractive ones were distributed : instead of ascending , the bidding descended until the man prepared to accept the least payment got the girl . |
| 11 | I urge the hon. Gentleman to get a copy of the Evening Standard every night and to have a look . |
| 12 | Others say the best way to get private sectors working is to reform the public sector : the World Bank can use its clout with poor countries to insist on structural reforms when it lends them money . |
| 13 | W w w er what alternative has the rich peasant got ? |
| 14 | ‘ See , whoever has the biggest gun gets to kick the crap out of everybody else . |
| 15 | Have we seen the best of Rosa Mota , or has the sprightly Portuguese got something up her sleeve for Barcelona , the last major championships she plans to run ? |
| 16 | Has the little hatchback got what it takes to succeed in one of Europe 's toughest markets ? |
| 17 | Central London , where even Hitler 's bombs never stopped the daily pinta getting through , may be the first area where the milkie becomes an extinct species . |
| 18 | Thon wee Marie Tress that used to work the upper circle got stuck ahint the safe in the office way him an he vernear tane the blouse affer . |
| 19 | I want the National Government to get every vote possible . ’ |
| 20 | Stroud MP Roger Knapman has taken up Martin 's case , and is pressing the Foreign Office to get him released on bail : |
| 21 | Lawns may need a selective weedkiller to get rid of dandelions and other weeds yet leave your grass unharmed , while the systematic weedkiller , Tumbleweed , will deal with bindweed and ground elder . |
| 22 | I think we really do need a well-known patron to get our work recognised , preferably somebody who loves Labradors ! |
| 23 | I , I helped a young girl get an old lady onto the er train |
| 24 | ‘ I want this room cleaned , and I want a warm bath got ready for Mrs Duncan . ’ |
| 25 | We went to Washington to talk to the IRS and said , ‘ Look , honest donors want a reputable place to get appraisals and we think dealers are best qualified to provide it ’ . |
| 26 | They say a whole village got swept away once — and a church , another time . |
| 27 | We stopped and built a makeshift shelter to get away , as best we could , from snow that filtered its way through every opening to produce melt water that trickled coldly over us . |
| 28 | Whoever did the planning on this job could n't have expected to find a second person getting into the car . ’ |
| 29 | He liked to find a safe way to get an accurate hit thus sustaining as little damage to the plane as possible . |
| 30 | Other commandos may have got ashore for — as mentioned earlier — some German guns were silenced beyond John Roderick 's objectives , but after landing no other commandos got away in the MLs . |