Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [noun] to get " in BNC.
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1 | He liked to find a safe way to get an accurate hit thus sustaining as little damage to the plane as possible . |
2 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
3 | Do children have to cross a busy street to get to it ? |
4 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
5 | Under the auspices of the Microelectronics Education Project ( MEP ) , Britain became the first nation worldwide to implement a unified policy to get computers into the classroom and to develop computer-based curriculum materials . |
6 | At this point , we must admit you do have to press a few buttons to get Delta service . |
7 | So the platers had to use a manual override to get any production at all . |
8 | This is often the result of inexperienced people trying to give a helping hand to get the gliders out . |
9 | ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority . |
10 | But Mr Donnellan claimed they wanted him to admit a lesser charge to get him out of the college quietly . |
11 | She had needed to make a real effort to get up today at all . |
12 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
13 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
14 | ‘ Four clubs have asked me to play next season , and I 'm going to make a big effort to get fit again . |