Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] to get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bitter cup of coffee , a rude salesgirl , a failed attempt to get the right ingredients for a vegetable lasagna , are the signposts of the day , and they are massive . |
| 2 | Dean was too much of a cultural snob to get the message , but Balcon sought to emulate the success of these pictures in his more serious , dramatic movies . |
| 3 | Eventually , we came to an agreement and the headmaster sent a boy into a nearby house to get the owner of the moped . |
| 4 | Planting now will give them a damp season to get the roots established before next spring . |
| 5 | A joint campaign to get the updated healthy eating message across to the general public is being planned by the Consumer 's Association , National Federation of Women 's Institutes , Coronary Prevention Group , Guild of Food Writers and others . |
| 6 | As it was getting late , it was time to recruit the assistance of a second machine to get the job done on time … . |
| 7 | 3 ) In the instruction manual for the BOSS ME-5 it says to take it to a recognised dealer to get the back-up memory battery replaced . |
| 8 | One was a simple urge to get the hostages out . |
| 9 | Ronny replaces Swindon-striker Fjortoft for the game tonight — Ronny must have done well in the training sessions ( coach Olsen really put some value on how the players perform in training before the games ) and Fjortoft which has been even worse for Swindon than Deano for us might have a hard time to get the attacker place back ( Fjortoft 0 — Deano 3 — Cole 10 is n't it ? ) . |
| 10 | This is often the result of inexperienced people trying to give a helping hand to get the gliders out . |
| 11 | When jury selection commenced on Sept. 5 , the defence vainly made a last-minute effort to get the trial dismissed , alleging government breach of ethics because it had just learned that Noriega 's former lawyer , Raymond Takiff , who had advised him to surrender to US authorities in January 1990 , was at the time working secretly for federal authorities . |
| 12 | The accused and a couple of friends staged a false robbery to get the money from the victim . |
| 13 | Even when peace is restored , it will take a long time to get the parks operating normally again . |
| 14 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
| 15 | A better way to get the same result , you might think , would be to adjust Hong Kong 's currency , not its price tickets , by vigorously upvaluing the Hong Kong dollar against the American one . |
| 16 | And also you need to be coloured or have a good degree to get the job . |
| 17 | It is a good idea to get the client to discuss the report with a partner , or other close relative or friend first , especially with medical reports . |
| 18 | This is a good ploy to get the children to shout loud but then to contain the noise within the call . |
| 19 | A good way to get the very best out of your stay in the Seychelles and appreciate the wide variety of wildlife and rate species of birds in particular is to take an island-hopping holiday . |
| 20 | This is a good game to get the children going . |
| 21 | And I think kids should be encouraged to erm think about themselves rather than just tick boxes and I think er , er er a group of sentences down here written by the form teacher , by the subject teacher and the pupil erm , as it 's been done for about , for a few years , a good habit to get the kids into , erm especially as a record of achievement should start from year seven . |
| 22 | Oh it was a terrible place to get the ambulance into . |
| 23 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
| 24 | ‘ It is unusual in a mature market to get the creation of new opportunities like this , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I ask a simple question to which I know that there is a simple answer , but I still think that it is worth a little time to discover it : why are the Government in such a desperate hurry to get the Bill back to the House on 26 February ? |
| 26 | In a desperate hurry to get the ball and the er ball boy 's not in a desperate hurry to give it them back . |
| 27 | Bryan , who was pictured sunbathing with a topless Fergie earlier this year , called a mutual friend to get the number of the five-star Walserhoff . |
| 28 | Coun Ord , a member of Sedgefield District Council , has called for a concerted campaign to get the proportional representation across . |
| 29 | The staging of the Democratic convention in New York spurred the city into making a concerted effort to get the homeless people off the streets , and people who lived in the shanty town were evacuated , their homes cleared by bulldozers . |
| 30 | I once met an aged man who had waged a single-handed crusade to get the Fellowship to change its official line that Dr Manette 's house ( A Tale of Two Cities ) is based on the old Carlisle House , Soho Square , in favour of No 1 Greek St. He said he felt prouder than if he had won the Nobel prize on the day they admitted they were in error . |