Example sentences of "to get a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since February 22 , passengers buying a cheap day return have been able to get a second ticket for £1 . |
| 2 | To get a second opinion for a Legally Aided client you will need to get the authority of the Legal Aid Board . |
| 3 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 4 | It might not be such a bad thing — if we can get decent cover for Beeney at a cheap price , we should still be able to get a decent fee for Lukic . |
| 5 | In fact , they seem to get a good price for their equity , because they only sell when they sense that investors feel lucky . |
| 6 | If wished the dealer will then work to get a good price for the car , the benefit of which is passed on . |
| 7 | There 's another =nother thing about any course but particularly this one where there 's sort of lots of subjects and a bit of overlap it is difficult to get a good system for organizing your notes but it is essential . |
| 8 | He will be aware , bearing in mind the other pressures we have on the budget this year , how difficult it has been to get a higher priority for roads . |
| 9 | In the street market he managed to get a wilting lettuce for Henry and Murgatroyd , reduced to fourpence . |
| 10 | He is quite ready to use his abrasive manner in an effort to get a better life for the orphans . |
| 11 | And what about those businesspeople who are trying to get a better deal for the new photocopier , settle a departmental dispute , win a new client , bring the audit fees down ? |
| 12 | Mrs Draper says they 've been trying to get a larger home for years . |
| 13 | A pot of coffee was spilled , and Sara had to get a damp cloth for the trousers of one of the visitors , who was involved in an unwise pretense that he had n't actually been asleep . |
| 14 | But until these fields were enclosed , until their multitudinous strips were reallotted in large compact blocks of land , and until the rights of common pasture over them were extinguished , it was impossible to get a single acre for building . |
| 15 | To get a true feeling for the plan it should also be applied to the Principal because although you have been paying a fixed amount in each month the value of this has also decreased due to inflation . |
| 16 | And even then the poor moribund critters had to be dropped from a great height to get a satisfactory thump for the sound track . |
| 17 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
| 18 | And I said to our Joe we got to get a another lock for that door . |
| 19 | The letter does not reveal the name of the client but suggests the proposal is due to Bioplan 's failure to get a green light for a private hospital in the grounds of Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 20 | As teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody , rude and irresponsible — to name but a few choice descriptions often used — I 'd like to tell your readers about my teenage son . |
| 21 | You well you used to get a lovely doll for one and eleven in the old money . |
| 22 | But supposing those people had some other form of livelihood ; the technology to produce more food from less land ; the economic means to invest in conservation measures ; the political power to gain access to land planted out to export crops , or the international , political power to get a fair price for their country 's exports on the global commodity markets . |
| 23 | The other , which seems to be an obsession for the Prime Minister , was his odd crusade to get a fair deal for the oppressed users of motorway service stations . |
| 24 | With a strong crosswind I sighted over my mentor 's left shoulder during the approach , only moving my head from side to side in the final stages to get a symmetrical perspective for the flare . |