Sentence examples for i managed to acquire from inspiring English sources

After I managed to acquire an invite….

After I managed to acquire an invite and register my account, I hatched a plan.

I managed to acquire a set of "Birds of Massachusetts" about twenty years ago, and have been reading around in the books ever since, for refreshment and instruction.

But it was through a cloud of drugs and self-loathing and all those other wonderful things that I managed to acquire".

Listening obsessively to local Spanish radio, collecting merengue CD's and visiting students' families in Santo Domingo, I managed to acquire a slangy Caribbean accent that variously annoys or impresses people.

PhD over, I managed to acquire the letters 'DR' in front of my name, as well as after my bank balance.

In 2012 Westminster started negotiations to lease 250 properties to house homeless people: it managed to acquire just five.

That is because Vodafone is British Telecom's biggest competitor in the British wireless market and would become immeasurably stronger if it managed to acquire Mannesmann.

The flavour was something of an acquired taste, which unfortunately I never managed to acquire.

"Rather like your fetching chap on the right, I've managed to acquire radiation-level sunburn over the past few days," complains Sheila Andress.

Whatever the reason, it's nice to feel that at the end of one of life's great challenges I've managed to acquire just a little well-deserved kudos.