Example sentences of "[vb base] get as " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I want to get as high as I am able to , and to contribute as much as I can to the team . |
2 | ‘ So if you want to get as big a share of , say , Bloggs 's stock , as quickly as you can , you take out all the firms offering stock at once , before they can deal among themselves . ’ |
3 | ‘ I want to get as many scousers on it as I can , and a lot of women ; I want it to favour women . ’ |
4 | If you have car trouble , try to get as close to a telephone as possible . |
5 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
6 | And whatever your current needs , try to get as much worktop or counter space as you possibly can . |
7 | Most important of all , try to get as much information as you can about each of the universities you are considering , in order that you may make the most sensible choice to suit your own needs . |
8 | Stewart from Sparbrook says the C S A are men haters who try to get as much as possible out of them . |
9 | Erm we we aim to get as much development in our area as possible and coming back to your first question this afternoon , I I do n't really se any problem with the North Yorkshire proposals , that 's the middle range . |
10 | I 've got as good a nose as any other man on the paper , even if I do specialize in science . |
11 | ‘ At only 30 , I still feel I 've got as few years left and my family and I would like to stay in England . |
12 | ‘ We 've got as much right to love as anyone . ’ |
13 | I can honestly say that the most painful bit of going to the blood donors is the next day when you come to rip the sticky plaster off your arm ( even more so if you 've got as much hair as Arthur Upton ! ) so , if you 've never been — give it a go . |
14 | True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) . |
15 | They will say are you are you sure you 've got as much as you possibly can |
16 | but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have |
17 | I 've got as many keys at home |
18 | like , you know , on the opposite side of the road , you 've got as much right to use that as he has |
19 | Right , so anyway , we 've got as far as that and your everything seems alright eh ? |
20 | When you 've got as much money as Madonna |
21 | Yes , and we at the university are , I think , really I say ‘ I think ’ , my own purpose here at the university is to export what we 've got as quickly as we can to the local community , and indeed nationally too . |
22 | I mean I guess I 've got as many inner tensions as most of us , but I do n't think of it in that way . |
23 | The workmen desire to get as much , the masters to give as little as possible . |
24 | you have to get as many lines , I got it er , in August in Ireland |
25 | Yeah , well I mean I think we need to get as many as possible . |