Example sentences of "to do [be] get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you have to know a lot [ in chemistry ] , whereas with physics , what you hope to do is get general laws and principles that are applicable widely . |
| 2 | One of the things you , you 've got to do is get used to actually talking standing up and the first thing you do you find when you s talk standing up is you discover that you 've got hands . |
| 3 | Then Miguel said in a strangled sort of voice , ‘ When all I want to do is get blind drunk , I have to play the host . |
| 4 | What both Mr Roberts and Mr Smith were actually trying to do was get Labour off the ‘ promotion ’ hook . |
| 5 | Buzz had warned Clare that there were to be no more arguments , and now all Elinor had to do was get well . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me . |