Example sentences of "to get it right " in BNC.

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1 The teachers ' union even submitted the draft constitution to the bishops so as to get it right .
2 J. Smart of Powys lived up to his name , and was the only entrant to get it right .
3 The Government wanted to get it right and ensure genuine competition .
4 But he 's determined to get it right .
5 These groups have made strenuous efforts to get it right — to get the sound they always wanted , with none of the cheapskate shoddiness that British soul/jazz groups often settle for : to counterbalance that lush , affluent sound with concerned lyrics , nods to their roots and tons of soul-blaring compassion .
6 let me try again to get it right .
7 It caused us a lot of extra work , major changes and more travel to get it right for the second larger meeting .
8 He struggled to get it right .
9 I hope to get it right by the time the Olympics come round , ’ she said .
10 Scuba World in its magnanimity has given you five chances to get it right .
11 We de-stocked to fund the work on the hotel , but we 're building the farming up again , and trying to get it right this time . ’
12 It is a vastly complex process and unless you get it right in one , you will never live to tell the tale , to get it right the next time , in order to ‘ evolve ’ the skill !
13 We had one chance to get it right and , thank God , we succeeded .
14 It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort .
15 No problem here — Labour was sure of the answer , and Front Bench spokesperson Dr John Cunningham was so pleased and relieved that this time Labour was going to get it right , that when he rose to speak on 8th December in Standing Committee A , he repeated Labour 's position several times .
16 They still have plenty of time in which to get it right . ’
17 As we now contemplate our strategy for the years ahead , let us never forget that they are the people who sit huddled outside , waiting for us to get it right . ’
18 Just the two of us … we 're the only ones who can be trusted to get it right .
19 It is important to get it right .
20 Carter , who did not appear on stage himself , later said : ‘ The idiots who run pool in this country have had 20 years to get it right and they 've messed up .
21 But I want to get it right here if I can . ’
22 His efforts to get it right , to tell the truth , are both painful and deeply moving .
23 We do n't have that amount of time , yet very few people feel the urgency to get it right .
24 She managed to get it right by watching the woman opposite to her .
25 As she told a close friend : ‘ I knew I had only one chance to get it right .
26 It 's nothing major , but I 've got to get it right before I play again . ’
27 If England fail to get it right tonight — 3–0 represents a convincing result — then Taylor will find himself the butt of far harsher jokes .
28 ‘ I just want to get it right and make sure I do the best for each of the students in my charge . ’
29 Nothing is more frustrating than designing a pattern and taking hours to get it right only to find that , when it is knitted up on the machine , the whole thing is either squashed almost flat , or stretched lengthways so as to be almost unrecognisable as the original design , which can happen on some design systems .
30 I plead with him to get it right this time for his own sake .
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