Example sentences of "[v-ing] to get [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chance of the monkey happening to get the first letter — M — right is therefore 1 in 27 . |
| 2 | There seemed no point , unless it was just a question of wanting to get the last word . |
| 3 | Do n't you remember the canteen lady leaving to get the last tram ? ’ |
| 4 | weakness : midfield/up front — Nilsen is a defender and Ingebrigtsen is not playing first team futba for City — he has been rented out to norwegian club rosenborg this summer and is now back in city , trying to get a first team place . |
| 5 | Barns were supposed to have hay in them — they did in the movies — where the hero could hide while the baddies , with a total disregard for blood poisoning or spread HIV , jabbed a pitchfork in and out like a demented barman trying to get the last maraschino out of the bottle . |