Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to get [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Procedures were carried out with care and precision on a ‘ right first time ’ principle — they did not rely on adjusting something at the end of the process to get it right . ’ |
| 2 | This last wild exaggeration has also been popular with educators at times when they wanted to stress the importance of their task and the need to get it right . |
| 3 | Cos used to tell 'em when it was gon na be and they would have time before the event to get it all tidied up , it was all ready , he would in and say , there 's such and such on that one , such and such on this one |
| 4 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 5 | Pupils were then encouraged to move to the music to get them ready for September when the National Curriculum makes dance compulsory in primary schools and an optional physical education course for older pupils . |
| 6 | We do n't have that amount of time , yet very few people feel the urgency to get it right . |
| 7 | You expect the bank to get it right . |
| 8 | ‘ I have been trying to get him out of the pram to get him ready for nursery but not now . |
| 9 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 10 | As a writing partner he had two rare gifts : the ability to get us unstuck with some inspired off-the-wall conceit when I was enmeshed in very on-the-wall musings ; and in addition , the priceless talent of knowing whether something was funny or not . |
| 11 | Somewhat reluctantly he lifted the phone , and asked the operator to get him Assistant Commissioner Seddon at New Scotland Yard . |