Sentence examples for statement to get from inspiring English sources

So I think he made that statement to get the media off his back more than anything else.

Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia told reporters on Thursday afternoon that the Philippine president, Benigno S. Aquino III, had telephoned him after the United Nations statement to get his reaction.

Clegg said he supported the plan set out in Wednesday's autumn statement to get rid of the non-cyclical current deficit by 2017-18, but said spending thereafter should rise in line with GDP.

Cavic drew attention a year ago for wearing a T-shirt that said "Kosovo Is Serbia," enough of a political statement to get him kicked out of a major European meet.

Last week business secretary Vince Cable called on the chancellor to use his autumn statement to "get to grips" with companies that are "systematically abusing" the UK tax system.

Noting some of the esteemed comedians who have previously won the Mark Twain Prize, Ms. DeGeneres said in a statement: "To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder why didn't I get this sooner?" This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print.

"You could simply say they were making false statements to get the money from the U.S. government," he said.

A small business which suspects that it is being cheated can go along with a pile of monthly bank statements to get them checked.

Mr. Bamberg said that Ms. Scott was trying, in those statements, to "get him to stand still" after he got out of the car.

And he said his action would tighten the overall rules on patent applications, making it a criminal offense to make false statements to get a patent.

After we graduated from high school, many of our friends faked bank-account statements to get student visas and fled to the United States, to wash toilets between university courses.