Example sentences of "was a [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to emphasise the point that flies caused more death than ‘ all the wars there had ever been ’ , there was a serious campaign to get it renamed the ‘ typhoid fly ’ or even the ‘ filth fly ’ . |
| 2 | Towards the summit I had to cross a couple of snowfields , and there was a final rock-climb to get to the top . |
| 3 | There was a real desire to get power and that how that they thought that mass mobilization was the only way they could do it . |
| 4 | They were introduced when there was a real need to get some hot food into the poor . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a personal decision to get rid of the car . |
| 6 | Oh it was a terrible place to get the ambulance into . |
| 7 | Lying on her bed , trying to read a book , she watched the time tick round until it was a reasonable time to get undressed and try to sleep . |
| 8 | A smiles back at the base with Eamonn Martin , below left , but it was a rocky ride to get there , below |
| 9 | One was a simple urge to get the hostages out . |
| 10 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 11 | Then there was a long drive to get to the house . |
| 12 | Besides , Adam had said it was a long detour to get back on to the main road , if this lane was cut off . |
| 13 | Jason tells the press that his solicitor told him ‘ Mr Carman was a good man to get ’ . |
| 14 | So I would have heard enough on the phone er because I have n't got my original notes here , I would have heard enough on the phone er Robert to have suggested that it was a good idea to get face to face . |
| 15 | I thought it was a good time to get away and take stock . ’ |
| 16 | For me it was a good thing to get married young because by the time I got into show business the marriage was already solid . |
| 17 | It was a great way to get revenge for various slights , lost jobs , bad reviews or even undeserved success . |
| 18 | It was a great thing to get HE into a village to see conditions and what needs to be done , and I was able to press home some of my own ideas about village life and health . |
| 19 | It was a great joy to get back to so many Burma people , government officers from almost all the departments , and a small number of Burmans , including Paw Tun , chairman of the Executive Council , Htun Aung Gyaw , the Finance Member , and three brilliant members of the Indian Civil Service from one family — Tin Tut , Kyaw Min and Kyaw Tha . |
| 20 | It was a great joy to get ashore after being cramped with our fellows , not all of them Air Force . |
| 21 | He took the lead and he was a difficult person to get on with . |
| 22 | He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival . |
| 23 | I mean there was a big battle to get women into the Working Men 's Clubs , because they could only come in as men 's guests . |
| 24 | After so many dark days , it was a big achievement to get a result . |
| 25 | But he conceded : ‘ It was a big relief to get this one . |
| 26 | But all Shelley felt was a wild desire to get away . |
| 27 | You can well imagine when all the buses ran in between eleven and half past eleven that there was a mad scramble to get their cash in and someone , very often somebody 's cash would get knocked off the board , so there was a scramble on the floor . |
| 28 | After that , it was a mad dash to get ready . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You thought it was a wonderful way to get money , revenge , ’ he contradicted . |
| 30 | The city streets were so congested with vehicles it was a slow process getting up the Strand , and in winter horse manure was apt to splash up unpleasantly . |