Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] to get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process of deciding where you are taking your business is the opportunity to get the involvement and commitment of others , which actually forms the motive power that at the end of the day will make it happen . |
| 2 | And so he went on through the calculator to get the number of ways for ten buttons — 3,628,800 . |
| 3 | The home is modestly plain inside with the radio as the only luxury and the Taylor family conversation is punctuated with constant references to the hardships of the depression , the debts that had been accumulated , the struggle to get the mechanic 's job in the factory , and the need for Frank to get the foreman 's job if there is to be further improvement . |
| 4 | You see , I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs . |
| 5 | Now it 's suddenly quiet and Bedelia 's gone in the kitchen to get the dinner ready . |
| 6 | This was announced to the waiting press and supporters by Dr Helen Martini , who was to play an important role in the fight to get the children home in the weeks that followed . |
| 7 | If so , remember it will require a forward movement on the stick to get the tail off the ground , unlike most of the two-seaters . |
| 8 | She had ladders and broomsticks and poles for the broomsticks and had to climb up a ladder to the top of the roof to get the cobwebs and everything down . |
| 9 | Extend your arms Keep them well down the boom to get the rig as upright as possible . |
| 10 | It was scarcely credible that this should happen at so late a stage and I asked the department to get the minute to me at once . |
| 11 | I was leaning into the car to get the toddler out of the baby seat when I heard the shot . |
| 12 | Unless the MPs who spoke to TODAY reporters yesterday were lying , Government Whips used the tactics of the Mafia to get the majority they wanted on the Maastricht vote . |
| 13 | I went over to the range to get the kettle and make a pot of tea and listened to their conversation . |
| 14 | It is generally occupied , at any one time , by one person , but it can sometimes be split between two people — a task manager and a task expert , where the manager does not have the expertise but acquires power through the capacity to get the task done . |
| 15 | Mr Rushdie also met federal parliamentarians in Ottawa , and although he was not granted time with the Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , he said that his reception by the External Affairs Minister Barbara McDougall encouraged him to believe that Canada was firmly behind the campaign to get the death sentence lifted . |
| 16 | He offered Helen Martini , as Chairman of the Parents ' Action Committee , whatever help he could in the campaign to get the children home , and to ensure that a full judicial inquiry was held . |
| 17 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 18 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
| 19 | It may be of vital importance to the seller to get the money instead of the land ; but he will rarely succeed in getting more than his out-of-pocket expenses . |
| 20 | As for quality , it 's just for simple cases and in truly complex insolvencies or where we wanted someone to trade the company through , the need to get the person or firm with the right expertise would tend to override any cost concerns . ’ |
| 21 | Anyone who has ever attended a recording session of this repertory work will know what problems are created by the need to get the woodwind chords precise enough at the start of both the first two movements . |
| 22 | This man understands the need to get the product on the market at the right time . |
| 23 | On cine-film at 200 frames per second there was little tolerance for imprecise recording , hence the need to get the angles and focus exact before the commencement of play . |
| 24 | Income would normally be treated as the recipient 's for tax purposes unless , that is , the donor has the right to get the asset back in the future or retains some control over it — in which case the donor would be liable for any tax . |
| 25 | My brother and I used to sit together and drive this old horse up and down the field and throw the hay all over the place to get the sun . |
| 26 | The sky was now getting fairly light , and it would soon be stand-to , so there would be no going back into the trench to get the head down again . |
| 27 | After the dentist we went to the station to get the tube back to the house , and Marie said ‘ Let's get some photos for your swimming pass ’ . |
| 28 | We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time , but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen 's palaces at Christmas . |
| 29 | In assumpsit in the Common Bench , it was alleged that Brathwait , having killed a man , asked the plaintiff to use his endeavours to obtain him a pardon , wherefore the plaintiff did go to Royston to the King to get the pardon and , in consideration of this service , the defendant promised the plaintiff £100 . |
| 30 | There followed a lot of business with a handkerchief and shaking of the head to get the sand out of his ear , nose and throat . |