Example sentences of "[v-ing] to get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chance of the monkey happening to get the first letter — M — right is therefore 1 in 27 . |
| 2 | I 'm about 5'7 ’ and found it fitted me fine , although as with all sacks , it took a couple of days of walking to get the best adjustment . |
| 3 | dying to get the money , is she , did she used to work in the paper shop ? |
| 4 | Outside in the street , huge crowds were already gathering , joking and laughing , and pushing to get the best places near the great black platform , where the rope hung ready for its morning 's work . |
| 5 | Readers simply wanting to get the system working should disregard the next four paragraphs . |
| 6 | Hodgkin himself speaks of ‘ … wanting to get the evasiveness of reality ’ ( Hyman , 1985 ) into his painting . |
| 7 | There seemed no point , unless it was just a question of wanting to get the last word . |
| 8 | I look around the countryside wanting to get the dirt dished quickly so I can get on with my life . |
| 9 | But I soon learnt to get those cows out without messing up my nice clean cow shed , what we used to do , because wanting to get the first one out very quietly , I used to put my hand on the tail , press the tail to the backside and push her out ! |
| 10 | I 'm all in favour of the Government seeking to get the best value for money , but HMSO is not a private company . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We are looking to get the ball to Alan |
| 12 | So obviously we are looking to get the points for the first time . |
| 13 | ‘ Is anyone going to get the push à la Dorothy , do you think ? ’ |
| 14 | I felt that this was a very brief phase and if I did n't cash in on it now , I was n't going to get the chance again . |
| 15 | ‘ One thing 's for sure , lad , we are going to get the swines who are responsible for this . ’ |
| 16 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 17 | But after that the goon with the machine guns is going to get the range . |
| 18 | The therapies are fairly tiring , and you will need all your energies if you 're going to get the full benefit . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ How are you going to get the Glory and convince him to come ? ’ |
| 20 | Says Marcus Lyon : ‘ You are always going to get the lazy buyer who wants a barn conversion because they do n't want to take the time and trouble to do it themselves . ’ |
| 21 | Minutes after being informed of the test results Maureen said : ‘ I 'm just glad I 'm going to get the right one back . |
| 22 | ‘ They 're going to get the nurse again , ’ said her companion . |
| 23 | Heads of Departments seemed tired and depressed , rather frustrated because the idealistic schemes of Simla were clearly not going to get the necessary money . |
| 24 | If the average life expectancy is about seventy years , how many years have you got left now and how are you going to get the most from them ? |
| 25 | But if they 're going to be with me , they know they 're going to get the spray . ’ |
| 26 | However , if you think your anger is going to get the better of you , then you 'd better be realistic and responsible . |
| 27 | ‘ The bright child is not going to get the time or flexibility to study things that will develop his own personal , social or moral education . |
| 28 | If you go to an interview anticipating you are not going to get the job , chances are you do not get it . |
| 29 | who 's going to get the information who runs that ? |
| 30 | They are quite interested in The Bump , though I suspect it is really to do with power broking — who is going to get the new bedroom , and who is going to choose the name when it 's born . |