Example sentences of "been [adj] to get [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been foiled in his first attempt to reach it by the arrival of Jos , and ever since it had been impossible to get away unnoticed . |
| 2 | Home Office pathologist Dr Donald Wayte , of Bangor , told the court yesterday that it would probably have been impossible to get so much material into Mrs McMullen 's mouth if she had been conscious , as she would have been fighting for her life . |
| 3 | Colin Calderwood says that everywhere you go people stop and wave and that 's very nice but it 's been good to get away this week but now they 're back in town the pressure will start to build |
| 4 | Only lately , though , have I been able to get virtually one pulse through the entire work . |
| 5 | ‘ I have n't been able to get enough this Christmas to satisfy my customers ' needs . |
| 6 | This time the hoof caught me half way up the shin bone , She had n't been able to get so much height into it but it was just as painful . |