Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hamer said existing slaughterhouses were struggling to get sufficient lambs to keep existing plant operating at full capacity and that the Fortex development would be a case of job re-allocation rather than job creation . |
| 2 | It was clear that the department would need to move with the times if its pupils were to continue to get good results , and , encouraged by her new Head of Department , Joanne found herself entrusted with the management of a curriculum innovation for the intake year . |
| 3 | Back at hospital we were beginning to get civilian casualties , as well as soldiers from Dunkirk . |
| 4 | But now they are closing them we 've got so many good teachers out of work where ten years ago we were fighting to get good teachers and smaller classes but now you see , we 've got smaller classes |
| 5 | ‘ It got legal counsel , so we were forced to get legal representation on our side , ’ Mr Robinson pointed out . |
| 6 | All were required to get official sanction for their enclosure and to provide evidence of the means by which they were to be physically provided for . |
| 7 | Delegates in Jakarta were urged to get full value out of every penny spent , especially in the current economic climate . |
| 8 | Er you know erm the letter , the reply went back from Dave saying that every you know , possible thing was done to get bilingual staff but at the end of the day you know they could n't come up with the goods . |
| 9 | By then , however , Norway , with the weakest and least industrialised economy of the three major states , was beginning to get cold feet and insisted upon appending a minority report saying that it could not , given its current economic situation , contemplate joining a customs union . |
| 10 | When Maurice was beginning to get restless Wycliffe said : ‘ Have you ever been over Alfred 's rooms above the shop ? ’ |
| 11 | I was starting to get triple vision and wondering how you did that with only two eyes . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Essex Euro MP Anne McIntosh said she was trying to get American Airlines to change its mind about withdrawing from Stansted . |