Example sentences of "[noun sg] get [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Eubank is also asking for £1m to fight Benn once more but admitted : ‘ I would even take it if it meant that the winner got Pounds 1m and the loser only half as much — the fight is that important to me . ’
2 When what is arguably the most beautiful and tranquil corner of the Yorkshire Dales National Park got planning permission to be turned into a golf course it was Mike Harding 's protests that summoned the ombudsman .
3 But I think that last bit got cut — I never saw myself being menacing . ’
4 The principal Secretary of State had a salary of £100 per annum from the Crown , the Lord Admiral got £200 , the Master of the Court of Wards £233.6s. 8d. , the Clerk of Wards £20 .
5 Then Posh Living where we are now — Dad got a pay rise and Mum got promotion .
6 see so if th if they get time off and they want extra men , they phone 'em up or somebody with a boat got bloke in the erm radio tower , cos you got a radio tower on the dock now which every ship that come into port or leave the port have to go through the radio tower and that man 's employed twenty four hours a day , seven days a week .
7 Football got £100m to improve safety .
8 Lynsey gets dream call for Ireland
9 " Murder gets priority .
10 Murder gets priority . "
11 He accepts voluntary inactivity and as a result gets fat .
12 Philippines volcano gets blame for blowing away summer
13 The Moira-based rider won Novice Section A with Ballykeel owned by Mr John Fryers of Hillsborough , finishing on 42 points ahead of Margaret Barr from Lanarkshire and top British rider Karen Dixon on her talented new young horse Get Sharpe .
14 You know mummy gets letters in the morning , mummy and daddy
15 For example , SEX KILLER GETS LIFE
16 Hotelier gets life sentence for wife 's murder
17 Where do you think the ice in your experiment gets heat from ?
18 Laguna will join GTA Le Mans ( right ) on Alpine 's production line if car gets go-ahead .
19 Er then election day we were out all day with , with a driver of a car getting people out and for them or going through the motions .
20 Charlotte mummy get cross with you if you start this nonsense , just got to get some dog food and some bread then we can go home , O K ?
21 Tory HQ gets troubleshooter
22 Meanwhile , observers , who claim there are still chats going on between HP and NeXT ( UX No 372 ) , say NeXTStep wo n't run on just any 486 : it takes SuperVGA just to get mono and a JAWS card to get colour .
23 In Alcala de los Gazules , a white village in the cork forests of Cadiz , Manolo Jimenez , an unemployed mason , said : ‘ You need a Socialist Party card to get work .
24 You do n't have to be on the fast-track to get job satisfaction .
25 [ 5 ] From time to time , a van is sent down to the Regional Chief Executive 's Department to get census data ( on disk ) .
26 Vaisey J went on to say that the employers had shown " the utmost carelessness in allowing this defendant to get knowledge of what they knew was a very valuable secret …
27 Taxpayers ' priorities were for the Revenue to get things right first time , and for problems , where they arise , to be resolved quickly .
28 He had n't enough time to return to the dormitory to get help .
29 Walking through the woods at the back of Westfield Manor , Patrick brought him up to date on the burglar who had committed murder to get hold of a packet of letters , and the macabre business of the switched bodies .
30 If the Liberal Democrats threaten rebellion , Labour will say : ‘ We have a programme to get Britain out of recession ; we want to get rid of the poll tax ; we want to rescue the health service , and you are standing in our way in order to get petty party advantage .
  Next page