Example sentences of "[verb] managed to get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Muriel really ca n't abide the sound of pop music , and she has managed to get the club to agree that the music must finish at 10 p.m . |
| 2 | When the case comes to trial the inexperienced attorney ( a good lawyer may have managed to get the charge reduced to straight murder ) will be faced by a prosecutor who may well specialize in capital law . |
| 3 | she would n't , good this week I 've managed , I 've managed to get the bottle today thought . |
| 4 | Stirling had managed to get the use of a Bristol Bombay , an aged and under-powered troop-carrier , from 216 Squadron RAF . |
| 5 | Although he had managed to get the Lancaster onto a fairly level plane , it was still pitching forwards and was uncontrollable . |
| 6 | Fran glared at him , cursing the fact that he had managed to get the last word on her programme ! |
| 7 | We have managed to get the rest of Europe to come up to our standards , get rid of vaccination and introduce a slaughter policy in relation to foot and mouth disease . |
| 8 | There was an in Swindon have managed to get the work delayed by threatening to lie down in front of bulldozers . |