Example sentences of "[noun pl] to get [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Johns has aspirations to get into the American World Cup side . |
| 2 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
| 3 | Lawrie and McAllister have been working hard to strengthen their games , and the Aberdonian has struggled in early events this season , failing in four tournaments to get beyond the halfway cut . |
| 4 | I think we can help the Soviet populations to get through the coming winter , with , with , food aid , cos I think there gon na have a very bumpy winter er , in the economic sense , and then I think we should also , er , be involved in sorting out the military future of Europe , because it 's Europe as a whole that we 're talking about now . |
| 5 | Well I reckon it 's gon na take us three and a half hours to get to the other end , so two and a half hours to it and an hour on it if it 's not too bad and then of course we 've got to go up from there to Ipswich , Woodbridge but it 's dual carriageway all the way now you see . |
| 6 | Nomes slept mainly at night , but needed catnaps to get through the long day . |
| 7 | Women still , on the whole , have to achieve more than men to get to the same level in certain ways , but I think basically it 's this question of choice . |
| 8 | Rufus ( that 's you-fus ) needs all five crystals to get to the next level . |
| 9 | Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes . |
| 10 | Lake Rotoiti is quite unspoilt and we did a day 's walk right round it ; had lunch at a hut by the head of the lake and waded through rivers to get to the other track . |