Example sentences of "were [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Field 's new products for 1992 were used to get hair in peak condition , making it manageable and easier to style . |
| 2 | ‘ We met with Brigadier General Critchley — the major-domo of British golf — and were told to get Hogan and Snead for Wentworth . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I wanted them to understand that there was no way they were going to get Kim , ’ he said . |
| 4 | We were darn sure we were going to get value for money . ’ |
| 5 | And er there was a stage when we came to the , where we really decided we 'd have to earmark different streets , how far we were gon na go in the centre of the town , because people were beginning to get grants for altering houses , and then in another five years time the council , the council were having to buy back these houses to redevelop the area . |
| 6 | as the years came on they were beginning to get mystery fo folk but er not in my time . |
| 7 | They found primary school teachers were starting to get grips with the process of assessing pupils and many were more accurate than in the curriculum 's first year . |
| 8 | Control were trying to get hold of him , to verify that he had accidentally triggered his window alarm . |
| 9 | Then they got really crazy and they were trying to get David 's movie camera and to arrest us all . |
| 10 | Cos if they were trying to get peasant support and erm showing the importance of peasants instead of the United Front they would 've made it public . |
| 11 | The membership was down to 298 and existing members were urged to get friends to join . |