Example sentences of "be [verb] get things " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's when the drama becomes " tingly " that we know our organisation is working well ; that we 're beginning to get things right intuitively . |
| 2 | Such task analysis can only be carried out to some cost-effective limit beyond which the skilled operator must be trusted to get things right by applying his broad expertise . |
| 3 | A lot of international help will be needed to get things moving . |
| 4 | A lot of international help will be needed to get things moving . |
| 5 | It 's reassuring to get things into some kind of cosmic perspective , to realize that the total of man 's activity is no more than a faint line on the infinite creativity of God 's hand . ’ |
| 6 | The most important thing I learnt was that the lawyer 's job in local government is to help get things done rather than provide elegant reasons for doing nothing . |
| 7 | The secretary-general , Boutros Boutros-Ghali , has made recommendations and his new peacekeeping chief , Kofi Annan , is beginning to get things done , fast . |
| 8 | So perhaps they would have made the same mistakes as well. , He believes his most serious mistake was wanting to get things done in a hurry . |
| 9 | At last , they thought , the Islands Council was beginning to get things right . |