Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five years ago the 41-year-old MP for Mossley Hill , Merseyside , resigned the Liberal Whip in a vain battle to get a private anti-abortion Bill through the Commons . |
| 2 | ‘ It would also be almost impossible for the plaintiff in a civil action to get an anonymity order for himself , as the company has in the Goodwin case . ’ |
| 3 | Riven hung on to his mount 's bridle grimly whilst it bucked and reared in a desperate effort to get away . |
| 4 | Few homes have anything like enough socket outlets , and so people are tempted to use multiple adaptors , and trail l=flexes all over the house in a desperate attempt to get power where they want it . |
| 5 | Hundreds of parents yesterday slept outside Toys R Us stores in Swansea and Bristol in a desperate bid to get their hands on the island . |
| 6 | In a desperate hurry to get the ball and the er ball boy 's not in a desperate hurry to give it them back . |
| 7 | During those three days the Labour party engaged in a great struggle to get people to fill the Opposition Benches and to speak . |
| 8 | I was still a nothing , but I was in a good position to get at Charlie when the time was right . |
| 9 | You would have to orbit the moon in a one-man craft to get into position . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone with the right name is here and waiting in a special room to get on a big silver bird that flies in the sky to go to a place called Florida , ’ said the Thing . |
| 11 | Woosnam is not sure whether to follow Bernhard Langer and several other leading players and putt cack-handed in future left hand below right in a determined bid to get back to his best . |
| 12 | You could consider making internal windows or openings in a dividing wall to get more light and airiness . |
| 13 | ‘ You are in a fair hurry to get rid of me ? |
| 14 | The hedge was moving past quite gently , as if it was n't in a particular hurry to get anywhere , but the surface of the lane already had a blurred look . |
| 15 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
| 16 | She was a committed eugenist ( involved in a local campaign to get ‘ race hygiene ’ onto the syllabus of elementary schools ) and an equally strong feminist , having read the children extracts from The Suffragette . |
| 17 | ‘ It is unusual in a mature market to get the creation of new opportunities like this , ’ he said . |