Example sentences of "try get the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the colt always objected violently to having an iron shoe nailed on to its hoofs ; and sometimes the smith and his assistants were thrown about the trav ‘ us as they tried to get the young animal under control . |
| 2 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |
| 3 | For many years all British clubs used 1,000 lb weak links which failed on any two-seater launch where the pilot tried to get the maximum height . |
| 4 | The Liverpudlian is to use his street credibility to try to get the anti-vandalism message across to schoolchildren in Wrexham Maelor . |
| 5 | Now I must try to get the young people dancing . ’ |
| 6 | Try to get the correct shape early on too much flexing will split it |
| 7 | Some try to get the legal approval ; others simply ignore it . |
| 8 | Try to get the other person to be as specific as possible . |
| 9 | Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along ! |
| 10 | And for another , he 's tried to get the whole book in , just as it 's written . |
| 11 | Next year he ends the chase in which he tries to get the free-range hens . |
| 12 | Even though he exhibited less humour than Ibsen on a bad night , the frantic phone calls just mentioned — by the conquering Germans from Oslo to Berlin trying to get the importunate Foerer off their backs — offer clear elements of farce . |
| 13 | ‘ The quality of cards has changed , particularly over the last 10 years and publishers now spend a lot of time trying to get the perfect finish , and indeed just the right verse for a particular occasion , ’ he added . |
| 14 | ‘ Fifty-fifty does n't seem all that fair to me , ’ said Charlie , still trying to get the upper hand . |
| 15 | Only I was trying to get the right money today , see so |
| 16 | Local authorities will have to administer the dying poll tax and deal with all the problems associated with that , while trying to get the new council tax system into play . |
| 17 | So I am trying to get the new librarian to push all those books into one section … and maybe we could have a trolley and push that around and have it in the lower school … |
| 18 | And trying to get the light poles up . |
| 19 | He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic , just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist . |
| 20 | We 're also circulating a petition round , anything that 's trying to get the public awareness of it . |
| 21 | Recently he has found himself working late in the office , unpaid overtime , trying to get the damned thing right . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , Argol , ’ I said , trying to get the boy-to-alien tone just right , ‘ if that is your name . |
| 23 | ‘ So he shot at you first ? ’ the Colonel enquired , trying to get the whole picture straight to his satisfaction . |
| 24 | Now that Libya has referred the matter to the International Court of Justice , will Britain desist from trying to get the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions or take military action against Libya until the International Court of Justice has ruled on the matter ? |