Example sentences of "[adv] to get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll see if I can get tickets , ’ was all he offered before kissing her sweetly on the mouth and going inside to get some paperwork together for the meeting with his lawyer who was driving out from Palma to see him . |
| 3 | ‘ A group of men meeting together to get drunk and cavort with women ? |
| 4 | It does not take long to get used to plotting points on screen with the mouse , so creating simple straight line shapes soon becomes quite easy . |
| 5 | Quite often , you will find that bush and shrub roses have been cut back to maybe half their height in order to reduce the overall size so that they fit into the sack or bag — perhaps to get this through the postal system . |
| 6 | The three eldest girls , Agnes , Sarah , and Nancy only worked infrequently at pressing , as if perhaps to get some cash for a new dress , or a pair of shoes , but possibly to assist the family in times of particular money shortage . |
| 7 | It is one of the most FUN and PURPOSEFUL things I have every been involved with — and when interviewed on the BBC RADIO in May about it , I said that I thought industry and commerce could take a leaf out of our book and learn something from the spirit of common purpose , good humour and teamsmanship — a statement provocative enough to get transmitted , as you might imagine . |
| 8 | Is it any wonder that the only people who can afford their services are rich companies , millionaires and those who are lucky enough to get legal aid ? |
| 9 | If they get one customer they get ten pounds but if they 're unlucky enough to get thirteen they get ten pounds . |
| 10 | David Speedy 's goal enough to get all three points for Leicester and I think on the balance of play they just about edged it but Forest put up a marvellous performance in the second half especially when they had to make er changes and things did n't go well for them . |
| 11 | And it is n't , it 's not big enough to get all the engines on . |
| 12 | Then there 's another long unit right at side of it , just enough to get one trailer in . |
| 13 | I 've been lucky enough to get two lots through , but with the third lot I did n't succeed . |
| 14 | First of all councillor is lucky enough to get two bites at his cherry . |
| 15 | If they were smart enough to get bored , they would n't be doing a job like this in the first place . |
| 16 | I said I did n't and also , no , I was not short of cash — or at least not short enough to get involved in Trippy 's own line of import/export . |
| 17 | To its south lies the smaller Hatfield Moor , still quite large enough to get lost in . |
| 18 | It was n't big enough to get lost in , but almost . |
| 19 | I agree that it is better for the pigs to get beat in Europe , but it would be good if they progressed a little , no further than we did but enough to get tired out . |
| 20 | For women ‘ lucky ’ enough to get this childcare allowance , their husbands ' dole payments would decrease accordingly . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Brian Wilson , the former Beach Boy , would be happy enough to get some of his own songs back . |
| 22 | I was never so self-assured again , though I rallied enough to get some good results in the School Certificate exams , and joined in enough activities — rowing , choir , dramatic society — to be dubbed as an all-rounder by the headmaster ( a description which brought jeers from my schoolmates ) . |
| 23 | A couple of hours of hard graft should see it ready for the next stage of its facelift , and might also tire her out enough to get some sleep . |
| 24 | I 'm young enough to get another couple of years out of it . |
| 25 | It was a miracle that so many people managed it — and for long enough to get engaged and married . |
| 26 | Never have long enough to get ready ? |
| 27 | One former teacher , Virginia Doyle who was to be discovered in retirement in Sherwood Forest , Toronto , remembered him as a clowning , cunning boy who was good enough to get high marks without apparently doing a lick of work . |
| 28 | He 'd had time enough to get ten horses under shelter . |
| 29 | At a time when the administration of opera is such an hysterically newsworthy subject ( at least where Covent Garden is concerned — and that , given the current thinking of the Arts Council and the arts minister , seems likely only to get worse ) composers want to write operas because they , if nobody else , recognise the scope of what the medium can offer . |
| 30 | So until we get a organised , you know it 's no good sort of encouraging em all to become members for them to ring in , only to get that stone wall , |