Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 2 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm a photographer , not a billionaire , so I needed to get a good idea going to pay for it all . |
| 4 | Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling . |
| 5 | ‘ I managed to get a full tank . |
| 6 | Yes , they were quite an elite band of brothers , but it was possible to break into the circle , and eventually by a stroke of luck and a bit of help from one of Vincent 's crew who took pity on me , I managed to get a short spell of leave relief on HMRC Vincent . |
| 7 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 8 | Her feathers were rippling up and down like leaves in the breeze as she struggled to get a secure footing on me . |
| 9 | But if she was to understand , somehow she had to get a clear picture . |
| 10 | Well I thought you had to get a certain amount |
| 11 | She hoped to get a new home and take her baby back . |
| 12 | Mr Jimmy Airlie , secretary of the Ford union side , said : ‘ We expected to get a favourable majority . |
| 13 | The coefficient of correlation value is good , considering that we tried to get a mathematical relationship from a physiological response . |
| 14 | Before before we could get nationalization , we had to get a Labour government . |
| 15 | The people for whom the message was phrased in this way might have recognised the irony — in a fertile country , they wanted to get a little bit more , so they started worshipping a fertility god , Baal ! |
| 16 | However , for someone supposed to be very clever , he seemed to get a great deal of pleasure out of ordinary things . |
| 17 | In the street market he managed to get a wilting lettuce for Henry and Murgatroyd , reduced to fourpence . |