Example sentences of "to get into a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was quite a shock , and I thought how lucky I had been never to get into a violent argument with him while he was carrying the clubs . ’
2 Alternatively , they may continue to worry about their initial error of judgement instead of making a revised plan of action to get into a good position for the base leg and approach .
3 You know that it is extremely risky to leave the choice late and that , at the very latest , you must be organised in time to have a good look at the proposed field and to get into a good position for a proper base leg .
4 We recognise the potential strengths in it and we try to get into a constructive relationship with it .
5 ‘ I do n't think you ought to get into a freezing bed in your state .
6 Sometimes I wished he could have been harder on long-winded questioners , at others that he would resist the temptation to get into a private clinch with the politicians .
7 Indeed , he had to hole from 12 feet on the 72nd to get into a sudden-death play-off with Bruce Lietzke .
8 ‘ It is neither wise nor manly to get into a pissing contest with a skunk , ’ Ellen said coldly , ‘ so step back , Nick . ’
9 It 's not on something we do at the moment , it 's wanting to get into a different market increasing .
10 However , the cover is very easily removed if you need to get into a tight corner .
11 There was a brief battle in which two German soldiers were shot and the remainder , seven men from an Alpine regiment , were forced to get into a rubber dinghy while demolition charges were laid and lit .
12 Graham Taylor 's sidekick said : ‘ He has already achieved the first step by playing in the friendly against Spurs and it will be a very big step to get into a competitive game where there will be no quarter given or asked .
13 It sometimes makes good sense to get into a declining business .
14 He held his hands up and proclaimed : ‘ I do n't want to get into a big row over this and therefore I wo n't offend Woman 's Own Own and say they 're wrong .
15 Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something .
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