Example sentences of "[vb base] to get the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not so green that I expect to get the sole credit on this movie . |
| 2 | are only ten percent so why are you try why are you saying they want to get the rich peasants when the , the poor peasants comprise seventy percent of the peasant population ? |
| 3 | I want to get the right sort of thing for you . |
| 4 | Well the the situation is also that it 's confusing in terms of Apex , Supersavers , Savers , Nonsavers er you ca n't travel on these trains at certain times , you 've got to plan your journey three months ahead if you want to get the maximum savings and all the rest of it . |
| 5 | Like any other predator , leopards when hunting seek to get the maximum return for the minimum expenditure of energy . |
| 6 | You can have two good tubes that are matched , or two shitty tubes that are matched , and if you happen to get the shitty ones , that 's tough shit . |
| 7 | You can have two good tubes that are matched , or two shitty tubes that are matched , and if you happen to get the shitty ones , that 's tough shit . |
| 8 | A very odd case has come to my department — we always seem to get the odd ones — concerning the disappearance of the managing director of a shipping company . |
| 9 | We always seem to get the wrong sort of weather in |
| 10 | I always seem to get the wrong results even though I 'm working as hard as possible . |
| 11 | Try to get the correct shape early on too much flexing will split it |
| 12 | Some try to get the legal approval ; others simply ignore it . |
| 13 | Try to get the other person to be as specific as possible . |
| 14 | Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along ! |
| 15 | The difference between the two groups is that slim individuals tend to get the overall balance between food intake and energy expenditure right , while overweight people generally do not . |
| 16 | Bunce is now the established outside centre and on an Australian tour the top players tend to get the big weekend games , and the new chums like Ellis play the easier mid-week affairs . |
| 17 | Despite subtitles which obviously struggle to get the profane poetry of Tarantino 's script , the film goes down a storm with the festival audience , though the torture does send some people scurrying for the door , among them one Wes Craven , director of the first Elm Street movie and much else . |
| 18 | Now it goes on to say that they need to get the middle peasants to join and to go out and do more explanatory work among them . |
| 19 | Do n't be tempted to get a boot several sizes larger than you normally need to get the correct width fitting ; a boot that is too long will not be comfortable , and after some use you will find that the leather will stretch and your foot will not be properly supported . |
| 20 | Experiment to get the right proportions and then pin the top edge of the tails into the required number of pleats ( two or three ) , leaving the returns flat . |