Example sentences of "trying to get [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 2 | But whatever had happened to unsettle their dignity , they had spent the whole episode in usual fashion ( along with Blake , Jeff , Adam , Sammy Jo , Fallon , Monica and Sable and the rest ) all scheming away , trying to get each other 's money , destroying each other 's reputation and jumping into bed with those they had no right to . |
| 3 | But people in this group , often unemployed or single parents on low incomes , had not even been trying to get most forms of credit because of their own feeling that their personal circumstances would rule them out as applicants . |
| 4 | ‘ But I am trying to get another business off the ground . ’ |
| 5 | Who are , as you probably all know , erm , in London , or on their way to London , lobbying , I hope successfully , but I fear probably not , said he , keeping an eye on the tape recorder trying to get more money out of the government in regard to our backing in this , and we wish you well . |
| 6 | I know actually only Prudential they are leading a campaign round schools I believe erm you know trying to get more teachers interested in A B Cs . |
| 7 | Is trying to get more blood round the system |
| 8 | Clearly , the recent bombing campaign in Northern Ireland does not help our attempts to attract inward investment , but all parties in the House , as part of a Northern Ireland team , work together on ways of trying to get more investment . |
| 9 | He feels that in trying to get more people to believe with the increasing trend towards atheism , has neglected its traditional duties of helping the poor etcetera . |
| 10 | Mr Bush , and his secretary of state , Mr James Baker , are trying to get more control for themselves , advocating ‘ constructive consultation ’ with Congress as an alternative to earmarking . |
| 11 | I mean our building was n't touched but I I somehow always thought they would n't come there because they were so trapped , but they did and they spent quite a lot of time trying to get those cars going . |
| 12 | There is nothing more anti-social than other people at it when you are trying to get some kip . |
| 13 | In 1977 ( more or less as in 1969 ) only 12 per cent had considered this , and only a very small proportion of these had done anything about trying to get some type of credit not actually used in the end by them . |
| 14 | He could see the Director through the open doorway , cursing , pounding the keyboard on his desk computer , trying to get some response from it . |
| 15 | And so we went around and around in circles , trying to get some idea of what money would be available , but never succeeding . |
| 16 | Clearly this is something we do not wish to be associated with ; we can only imagine they are trying to get some kind of spurious respectability by using our name . |
| 17 | TOURISTS IN WHITE SLEEKS AND ROBOT CARTS HUSTLING BUSINESS FOR THE HOTELS TABITHA JUTE IS TRYING TO GET SOME SENSE OUT OF A CREDIT OUTLET OUT OF AN ENTIRE ROW OF THEM . |
| 18 | I mean , it does seem on page three nine really what we 're talking about , trying to get some sense into that |
| 19 | Oh God , can you imagine sitting there and actually just washing people 's windows and trying to get some money , it must be so depressing . |
| 20 | A few rooms away , Zambia had become thoroughly tired of trying to get some sleep in such an uncomfortable place , and decided to snoop around the building . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm just trying to get some perspective here , ’ he said as I twisted the last coldness from my beer bottle . |
| 22 | ‘ Natasha 's aunt is absolutely happy for her to stay with us and is desperately trying to get some information about her for me . |
| 23 | Just trying to get some information . |
| 24 | I was in there last night trying to get some ideas for Volunteers Day . |
| 25 | I 'm trying to get some counselling for her . |
| 26 | The conversation was heavy , like a choking weight , and she plunged on , trying to get some reaction from the boy , to make it easier . |
| 27 | ‘ And how is Sandra 's visit going ? ’ she asked , desperately , trying to get some sort of shield up between them . |
| 28 | and they 're trying to get some record of , of what |
| 29 | A a at the time , they were trying to get this place looked at and surveyed , and everything to get it , you know to see what they could do about it , get it closed down , but er they had n't got that far with that then . |