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 .
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