Example sentences of "to get [adj] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Mitchell wants to know if she can increase or decrease the width of the pattern , in order to get complete repeats of the pattern on a sweater that is a different size to the one she used her 23-stitch repeat for . |
| 2 | It is all too easy to get foreign bodies into the pipe , which will wreak havoc with pumps and valves at a later date . , . |
| 3 | In Section 3.7 we managed to get simple expressions for the magnetic field far away from the ring and in the vicinity of the axis . |
| 4 | To get extra lives in the wonderfully titled Magical Hat Turbo Adventure on the Mega Drive , just jump directly on top of the poles . |
| 5 | Adventurous Spartan generals — Kleomenes , Pausanias the Regent , Brasidas , Lysander — tried to get extra soldiers from the nearest source , their own country 's helots . |
| 6 | After she changed the number , Coleman himself began to get similar calls at the apartment he had taken for the family in Palatine , a commuter train ride from the Boy Scouts ' office on Lake Street , Chicago , although these , too , stopped after he took the DIA 's advice and obtained an unlisted number . |
| 7 | ‘ I found it difficult to get perfect results with the spiral and flat wands . |
| 8 | Tony it was who organized the bi-weekly dances in the ‘ Sunset Hall ’ as he christened the disused museum , and who scoured the neighbourhood to get regular orders for the cakes Susan made so well . |
| 9 | I ca n't do it , so that I 've got to get full marks for the exam to pass , without the other two bits on it , I ca n't do that |
| 10 | It is essential to get full names of the client , including any middle names . |
| 11 | It , there , there has n't , I came here in , when I came here in February eighty nine it was meeting to , and the idea being to discuss particular things , to get particular things off the ground , but it has , I think the reason why it , it did n't continue to meet was because it was n't felt necessary basically . |
| 12 | The freedom and liberalisation of our economy which were created by this Government allow such people to get new industries off the ground . |
| 13 | We 'll walk up to Clark 's and Joseph 's to get new batteries for the radio and a few other odds and ends . |
| 14 | Often having exclusive access to the special schemes or funding available from centralised lenders , they can help borrowers unable to get suitable terms from the more orthodox lenders . |