Example sentences of "try to get a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 2 | The coefficient of correlation value is good , considering that we tried to get a mathematical relationship from a physiological response . |
| 3 | Do , however , try to get a certain number transcribed . |
| 4 | So one of the one of the suggestions would be then that er you should try to get a similar sort of relationship in retirement . |
| 5 | It 's always been my philosophy that the first bait out is the one most likely to produce a run and I will try to get a drifting float out in almost any conditions ( except flat calms ) using balloons to assist the float 's passage through calm water and into the wind lanes . |
| 6 | Try to get a small amount of airbrake on and keep the glider off the ground as long as you can , even if it floats a long way into the airfield . |
| 7 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The idea is to make it easier and try to get a good picture of how they feel about their own health . |
| 9 | Is the Minister aware that the hon. Gentleman is quite right to worry about the level of representation in England because every time a Tory is defeated in Scotland he flees the country , comes down here and tries to get a Tory seat ? |
| 10 | One superintendent , keen to control the length of hair of his men , used to shout angrily at his probationers and young officers : ‘ are you trying to get a bloody transfer to join those long-haired yobs in the drug squad ? ’ |
| 11 | Woodrow Wilson nearly tore his liver out trying to get a reasonable settlement at Versailles , a settlement that would last , and look what Europe did to him . |
| 12 | It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding . |
| 13 | They 've been to his little boy 's primary school , interviewed the teachers and headmistress and all the school friends and everything just trying to get a dirty story . |
| 14 | I thought he might be good also from the erm , you know , trying to get a decent pitch and things like that . |
| 15 | ‘ Guy Ferris , the photographer , gave up trying to get a good shot of me in the end . |
| 16 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |
| 17 | They will blitz stations including Waterloo to catch travellers trying to get a free ride . |
| 18 | Somebody else can fiddle around with the figures when they tender for it , but you 're trying to get a true cost of doing the work . |
| 19 | Even the washing hanging from the tenement windows seemed to be fluttering a welcome as we all struggled to our feet , pushing and shoving , as we attempted to get our packs on our backs , at the same time trying to get a clear view of the platform and the hundreds of people watching the train pull in . |
| 20 | ‘ Trying to get a little love on the subject , that 's what I was doing on ‘ Ragged Glory ’ , exploring this neighbourhood that 's like a valley or something . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm trying to get a little privacy , ’ she murmured , going over to the far side of the boat where she would be hidden from view . |