Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] get [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After playing catch-me-if-you-can for so long , it looks as though Sun Microsystems Inc is only going to get a month 's headstart over the pack of Sparc-compatible builders which will be gunning for its superscalar Sparcstation 10 market — if US firm Pinnacle Data Systems Inc , Columbus , Ohio , has its way . |
| 2 | dude , cos I 'm only going to get the piss taken out of my hair are n't I ? |
| 3 | You ca n't possibly have it on a verb , and that 's another little rule you might like to think of , that you 're only going to get the apostrophe on a noun , and you will never get an apostrophe on a pronoun . |
| 4 | Can can I just say that I think it 's interesting that Mao 's sort of targeting the local tyrants and the erm the evil gentry I mean because you could , you could ar argue that basically the landlords are only trying to get a return erm which is , which is equal to what they can get if they invest all their money in or you know erm or whatever or big cities |
| 5 | What sort of timescale are you looking at to move , really just waiting to get a buyer on yours or |
| 6 | Righty-o , I 'm just going to get the washing in , shall I leave it out there until tomorrow ? |
| 7 | He was a great player , and he was just beginning to get the notoriety that he really deserved when he had his terrible car accident . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , as I 'm just beginning to get the hang of this sailing business … ’ |
| 9 | He grew his first ones as a young child in 1936 and modestly claims he 's only just beginning to get the hang of it now . |
| 10 | I was just saying get a move on cos we 've got to go to Paul 's |
| 11 | We 're not picking on you we 're just trying to get a conversation going here like , but it 's very hard when you just sit there and say nothing . |
| 12 | ‘ I was just trying to get a couple of thoughts together , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Over the two day event I understand nearly 20,000 people attended the show and at times my car was four or five deep , people of various different ages just trying to get a glimpse or take pictures . |
| 14 | ‘ In the first set , I was just trying to get the ball back in play but in the third set my confidence really came back , ’ he said . |
| 15 | But it is not just trying to get the recipient to learn the ad by rote : it is , surely , trying to give information — persuasive information — about the product , so that the consumer will prefer it to its competitors and buy it . |
| 16 | ‘ Just trying to get the picture , old boy . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm just trying to get an edge on my competitors |
| 18 | When I had occasion to talk to the Home Secretary about this , I asked him about this and he said oh , we want it to be local and I said you mean local not region and he said yes , local and I hope my noble friend who was there will remember that when he comes to decide whether this region things ever going to get a running . |
| 19 | How was she ever going to get the chance to think things through if her last sanctuary had been commandeered by an absenting workman ? |
| 20 | A feeling began to emerge that the advantages of the new approach might be long- rather than short-term , but the dichotomy between wanting to work in the new way because of its potential advantages and ‘ Are we ever going to get the syllabus done ? ’ continued to be problematic . |
| 21 | You 're only ever going to get an apostrophe on a noun . |
| 22 | ORGANISERS of the world 's largest military air show are still waiting to get the go-ahead for this year 's event . |
| 23 | I am still willing to get a forum together . |
| 24 | Here , there was a boy there who was n't 'alf a saucebox , he was always trying to get a look at me legs and drawers — ’ |
| 25 | When I left he was gazing about disconsolately , still trying to get the idea . |
| 26 | ‘ Fucking brain-ectomy coming up , Doctor fucking Halziel , ’ he said , still crying and still trying to get the magazine to fit into the gun . |
| 27 | I 'm still trying to get the headline |
| 28 | ‘ Dammit , you 're probably going to get a chill . |
| 29 | I 'm sure he 'll try to say it 's just about going to get a result , but it will be an emotional day for him . |
| 30 | With the vibrant Seventies Brit cults only now beginning to get the recognition they deserved , you 'll pay good money for a copy of a rarer title such as Teeny Bop Idol and Punk Rock . |