Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is , if I 'm going to start my own business one day , I want to get good experience working for the best … so I do n't care whether I 'm answering the phone or working in their library . |
| 2 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 3 | It 's a Les Paul-type guitar and it 's great , apart from the fact that I seem to get terrible feedback , even at low volumes . |
| 4 | I began to get cold feet , but these other two guys were totally positive and they were absolutely right . |
| 5 | After a while I started to get official letters threatening to send me to prison if I did n't find work . |
| 6 | As soon as I 'd woken up , I started to get strange pains in my stomach . |
| 7 | I need to get certain matters clear and precise . |
| 8 | OK , if you want to get picky guitars should purr , destroy and rejuvenate , and dance beats should prowl , pace and threaten . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course it 's important — you want to get good grades , and you wo n't get them if you do n't study . ’ |
| 10 | There is a supplementary book included in the package , however , and you would do well to read this first if you want to get maximum benefit from the program . |
| 11 | There is a supplementary book included in the package , however , and you would do well to read this first if you want to get maximum benefit from the program . |
| 12 | Shildon-born Mr Jackson said : ‘ To be a good instructor you must have had at least a season 's skiing on snow and if you want to get basic qualifications you would be charged around £3,000 . ’ |
| 13 | So it 's easier than you said it 's more difficult than if you want to get clear recordings . |
| 14 | Those outside the card-playing school viewed her suspiciously because she seemed to get embarrassing crushes on a few of her colleagues . |
| 15 | With your thumb across string 6 you can strum away to your heart 's content with this shape — if you happen to get other strings sounding out , it matters not a lot . |
| 16 | If a girl had two parents still at home , she had to get written permission from both of them before performing . |
| 17 | Well now then you had to get different spaces for to here . |
| 18 | For a moment or two she sat watching a breeze ruffle the calm surface of the hotel pool — the bright blue water was so inviting that the moment you got out you wanted to get straight back in again . |
| 19 | Cos you have to get special mats for special cars , do n't you ? |
| 20 | Because you need to get maximum use of your time in an on-the-road campaign a last minute change , even a small one , can have immense repercussions . |
| 21 | Why , in other words , should we want to get true beliefs rather than false ones ? |
| 22 | Lady Wilcox said : ‘ We want to get informed comment before we draw up firm recommendations , but , at present , it seems to us that the best solution is likely to be a mixture of funding from different quarters . ’ |
| 23 | So we want to get bright objects that we can see at great distances , but we also need to know something about what it is we 're looking at . |
| 24 | We had good sailing weather until we reached the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa , where we landed to get fresh water . |
| 25 | Name of Consortium — should we try to get professional help with this ? |
| 26 | In Section 3.7 we managed to get simple expressions for the magnetic field far away from the ring and in the vicinity of the axis . |
| 27 | ‘ We try to get decent venues , good DJs , and make sure that people enjoy themselves . |
| 28 | We had to get other people to finish off the work . ’ |
| 29 | We have to get nuclear power seen as the Volvo of the power industry : safe , efficient and reliable . |
| 30 | We have to get special stuff called bulb fibre and wet it and put it in a bowl and then we plant our bulbs in it . ’ |