Example sentences of "getting [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kare Ingebrigtsen — who has had trouble getting selected for the first-11 in city was left out ( he started last nigh though — and even scored after 4 minutes in city 's 2–0 abandoned match vs ipswich ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Because of all the waiting for the team to happen , we lost a lot of time getting ready for the new season . |
| 3 | Within another month or two he did The Rainbow which got enormous coverage , and within another month he was here getting ready for the first American tour . |
| 4 | Lynda said that getting ready for the first visitors was proving quite a challenge . |
| 5 | Just as he practised the violin every morning between nine thirty and ten thirty , so I always had the sense he practised his lovemaking on me , getting ready for the real thing , only this with me was not it : I was not it . |
| 6 | Then I remembered they would be getting ready for the Roman banquet later on in the evening . |
| 7 | ‘ I think they 're getting ready for the Second Front , ’ Sarah told Maureen , ‘ although Joe did n't say so . ’ |
| 8 | Hospice helpers : Getting ready for the five miles charity fun run organised by Croft Hotels and the Shaftesbury Inn are Sean O'Neill ( 15 ) and Darren Maken ( 15 ) , both from Glengormley with Lynda Watt ( 23 ) from Belfast . |
| 9 | They chatted for a while longer , then Mrs Lennox and Susan set about packing , getting ready for the next day 's evacuation . |