Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one crowded meeting a British soldier got up and said , ‘ Why is it that you Burmese are always talking about independence and self-government ? |
| 2 | However , you decide that it might be helpful to ‘ warm up ’ to Le Carré by translating a few extracts to get the hang of his unusual style . |
| 3 | And that is a er an A P I which is very similar in approach to O D B C in that it enables you using a consistent interface to get at any data source within the organization . |
| 4 | I was doing a three-point-turn manoeuvre to get us back onto the road when he woke up , lifted his hat and mumbled : ‘ Where are we ? ’ |
| 5 | M M My Lords , i it is important that whatever is taught to a child between the ages of five and eleven that the child is able to benefit from it educationally if the child is , is overloaded as it were by being presented erm a curriculum that they simply can not manage , then that 's going to create confusion , but it 's also important to say that one of the erm er objectives of this whole exercise is to underpin all education , both morally and spiritually and I believe we 're doing a great deal to get that right . |
| 6 | COLLEGES in County Durham are joining a national campaign to get grown-ups back to learning ways . |
| 7 | And — not having a big ego to get in the way — viewing the world and its inhabitants with a penetrating intelligence . |
| 8 | Mr Antonis is having a hard time getting his message of openness across to all the citizens of Antwerp . |
| 9 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 10 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 11 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 12 | The staging of the Democratic convention in New York spurred the city into making a concerted effort to get the homeless people off the streets , and people who lived in the shanty town were evacuated , their homes cleared by bulldozers . |
| 13 | The estranged wife of the Marquis of Blandford says he 's making a real effort to get back on the straight and narrow . |
| 14 | Gloucestershire cricketer , David ’ Syd ’ Lawrence is making a last-ditch attempt to get back to full fitness after his knee injury . |
| 15 | If a shop 's good enough , it 's worth making a little effort to get to . |
| 16 | She discovered she was a split second too late in making a hurried scramble to get off the bed , because , in the next instant , Naylor was there with her , pinning her down with his body . |
| 17 | The couple were also together last night hosting a private Christmas get together for staff at Kensington Palace . |