Example sentences of "[vb past] to get [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to get some of the Blu-Tak off . |
| 2 | But her thoughts seemed to get lost in the heat . |
| 3 | That 's one of the reasons why I decided to get involved in the project in the first place when it was first broached to me . |
| 4 | That was the time I started to get used to the place , to the screws and things like that , because some had seen me before . |
| 5 | Then in 1878 he started to get swelling of the legs , and he had to give in . |
| 6 | When it started to get busy on the course he went to the practice ground and then it was pitch and putt , chipping — a lot of practice with his short game . |
| 7 | That 's when I started to get excited about the idea , I wanted to get away from here . |
| 8 | She said , ‘ I managed to get some of the information you asked me for . ’ |
| 9 | Eventually , and despite the onset of winter weather , we managed to get most of the sequences we wanted , including foxes scavenging on long , lonely stretches of shingle , male foxes pacing out and marking their territorial boundaries , foxes fighting , and cubs in search of their own territories . |
| 10 | The trapdoors which covered the original apertures and which had been closed for thirty years he managed to get open with the aid of a tool , a screwdriver from the appearance of the marks . |
| 11 | Skip shows us in the book how his aspirations for the boat decrease and how newcomers to the boat had to get used to the crew 's relaxed attitude . |
| 12 | So we had to get used to the ending up in |
| 13 | It took just over ten minutes because the traffic was bad and they had to get clear of the airport . |
| 14 | She wanted to get all of the washing out , then cross her fingers for a dry day with a bit of sunshine and a drying wind . |
| 15 | ‘ I wanted to get involved in the music business . ’ |
| 16 | I wanted to get involved in the music business ’ |
| 17 | A 46-year-old woman shop assistant , who was initially very active in the Forum and wanted to get involved in the politics of education , very quickly leaves the group again . |
| 18 | Hey do you care about you know the other day we were talking about the erm I wanted to get one of the councillors on to talk about this but I I ca n't find the right one . |