Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] to get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Amos is still the youth worker and deserves special mention for all he has done to get the youth club back on its feet . |
| 2 | Richard Amos is still the youth worker and deserves special mention for all he has done to get the youth club back on its feet . |
| 3 | He had hoped to get the award cancelled because his co-defendant , Nigel Watts had reached a separate agreement with Lord Aldington . |
| 4 | That was Sir James Campbell 's undoing in this section of his county , for he had undertaken to get the presentation for Bruce in order to oblige one of his friends who had accepted a nominal vote from him , but the friend , David Gourlay , was only a small heritor , and the bulk of the landed property in the parish together with the kirk session were firmly attached to Mr. Ure . |
| 5 | Yes , he had seemed to get the impression that something was awry . |
| 6 | Although he had managed to get the Lancaster onto a fairly level plane , it was still pitching forwards and was uncontrollable . |
| 7 | Fran glared at him , cursing the fact that he had managed to get the last word on her programme ! |
| 8 | Erm I ca n't tell you what time he 'll be home really erm well say in the twenty minutes he 's bound to be home cos he he 's been home and then he 's had to shoot out again , he 's gone to get the battery so he wo n't be long . |