Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.

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1 Although Cypress has made great efforts to get the HyperSparc to the launch platform so quickly ( when compared to Viking , see front page ) — the design process spanned just 18 months — Cypress has one major problem : it has no customers signed-up for the thing yet .
2 Of course , unemployment brings great difficulties in its train and no one regrets that more than I. That is why in recent months we have put in place the widest range of measures that we have ever had to help unemployed people get back to work .
3 We 'll carry on what we 're doing without having to write pop songs to get to Number One . ’
4 They went to Zliten and spent the night in a guestroom ; in the morning the Zliten boy asked to borrow the vehicle for a few moments , drove it away , smashed it and abandoned both the vehicle and his Zuwayi friend who had to find other means to get back to Benghazi .
5 You 've had ample time to get your feet under the table by now and one or two things have come up which I 'd like you to pursue .
6 When we got to it , we had to turn sharp right to get into the kitchen .
7 Whenever you 've seen Rob in my office you 've taken good care to get him out of my clutches very smartly , on the flimsiest of pretexts .
8 Only 14 per cent of registration officers said they had taken positive action to get information to the half million people in homes or hostels .
9 Naturally , she 'd heard of this legendary Tech-Green , and was disappointed someone of such intelligence and vision had allowed maudlin dross to get in the way of his career .
10 They said they had to pay heavy bribes to get passports to leave Turkey .
11 We have seen mass employers getting awards for schemes for employing disabled people , when they operate in premises which are completely inaccessible .
12 These groups have made strenuous efforts to get it right — to get the sound they always wanted , with none of the cheapskate shoddiness that British soul/jazz groups often settle for : to counterbalance that lush , affluent sound with concerned lyrics , nods to their roots and tons of soul-blaring compassion .
13 but … today the Conservators who under an act of Parliament manage the land … say the travellers have broken their by laws and have started legal action to get them removed …
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