Example sentences of "to get [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 2 | It is easy to get teaching materials wrong , difficult to get them right . |
| 3 | If the rules are inadequate , then the answer is to get them right and enforce them , not to rely on equitable principles which are uncertain in their application to a modern market . ’ |
| 4 | I says , You get them coupled up and I can rely on you to get them right you see . |
| 5 | The teachers ' union even submitted the draft constitution to the bishops so as to get it right . |
| 6 | J. Smart of Powys lived up to his name , and was the only entrant to get it right . |
| 7 | The Government wanted to get it right and ensure genuine competition . |
| 8 | But he 's determined to get it right . |
| 9 | These groups have made strenuous efforts to get it right — to get the sound they always wanted , with none of the cheapskate shoddiness that British soul/jazz groups often settle for : to counterbalance that lush , affluent sound with concerned lyrics , nods to their roots and tons of soul-blaring compassion . |
| 10 | let me try again to get it right . |
| 11 | It caused us a lot of extra work , major changes and more travel to get it right for the second larger meeting . |
| 12 | He struggled to get it right . |
| 13 | I hope to get it right by the time the Olympics come round , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Scuba World in its magnanimity has given you five chances to get it right . |
| 15 | We de-stocked to fund the work on the hotel , but we 're building the farming up again , and trying to get it right this time . ’ |
| 16 | It is a vastly complex process and unless you get it right in one , you will never live to tell the tale , to get it right the next time , in order to ‘ evolve ’ the skill ! |
| 17 | We had one chance to get it right and , thank God , we succeeded . |
| 18 | It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort . |
| 19 | No problem here — Labour was sure of the answer , and Front Bench spokesperson Dr John Cunningham was so pleased and relieved that this time Labour was going to get it right , that when he rose to speak on 8th December in Standing Committee A , he repeated Labour 's position several times . |
| 20 | They still have plenty of time in which to get it right . ’ |
| 21 | As we now contemplate our strategy for the years ahead , let us never forget that they are the people who sit huddled outside , waiting for us to get it right . ’ |
| 22 | Just the two of us … we 're the only ones who can be trusted to get it right . |
| 23 | It is important to get it right . |
| 24 | Carter , who did not appear on stage himself , later said : ‘ The idiots who run pool in this country have had 20 years to get it right and they 've messed up . |
| 25 | But I want to get it right here if I can . ’ |
| 26 | His efforts to get it right , to tell the truth , are both painful and deeply moving . |
| 27 | We do n't have that amount of time , yet very few people feel the urgency to get it right . |
| 28 | She managed to get it right by watching the woman opposite to her . |
| 29 | As she told a close friend : ‘ I knew I had only one chance to get it right . |
| 30 | It 's nothing major , but I 've got to get it right before I play again . ’ |