Example sentences of "[vb past] get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henderson did get a little help from his friends , in particular a massive 484ft third-inning home run from Jose Canseco on Saturday that came within 13 rows of hitting the roof of the SkyDome but dropped instead into the hands of a surprised Toronto fan . |
| 2 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 3 | However , everyone else advised him to do it and it was probably the most catalystic thing he could have done at that period , although I had the feeling even if he did get a hit , it was something he could n't follow up because I knew the style of his writing . |
| 4 | The striking miners received no relief though , ‘ The wives did get a few shillings from the Parish Relief ( which all had to be paid back when the strike ended ) . ’ |
| 5 | I did get a bit paranoid for a few months , stopped using the tube . |
| 6 | By an almost unbelievable contrast , the summit was not even mentioned on the main 8 pm television news in France ( Antenne 2 ) , although it did get a ten second slot as the tenth item on the midnight news bulletin . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I did get a terrible cold after Christmas . ’ |
| 8 | We did get a birdie at the 5th and got back at Bernhard , and that seemed to put Seve in good spirit . |
| 9 | He usually travels well , but he did get a bit upset on the way back from the World Cup final in Gothenburg when we had a very rough crossing . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 11 | The It never changed all that much , but it did get a great deal closer . |
| 12 | I did get a shock . |
| 13 | I did get a little warm milk from Rosa ( but I am not at all keen on milk ) and the warmest place at Low Birk Hatt , in fact , was the cow byre . |
| 14 | We were soon visual and able to locate the airfield , where once again the radio was not manned , so we never did get a weather report . |
| 15 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Nell said , her brow wrinkling , ‘ I suppose I did get a message days ago to say the Chairman was coming , but I did n't know it meant him . |
| 16 | We did get a chance to see a little of Riyadh which is a big bustling city . |
| 17 | However I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie 's rather plodding pace . |
| 18 | They did get a drink eventually . |
| 19 | Then I did get a break because I was at a party where there were lots of television producers who like to relax and let their hair down , fall out of windows and things like that . |
| 20 | Oh , yes , I never did get a chance to fly that big buzzard . |
| 21 | ‘ I did get a letter once from a girl asking if I wore my underpants , ’ admits a shame-faced Sam . |
| 22 | Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea . |
| 23 | When we did get a bath it was really quick — just in and out . |
| 24 | It did get a bit rocky after she became pregnant . |
| 25 | We did get a bit of u of er union pay then I I could n't tell you how much it was but it was n't very much , but er |
| 26 | Erm now , of course , we 'd wear a jersey and boots quite happily , but er I did get a grant for clothing because otherwise there was no way of goin of accepting a scholarship . |
| 27 | Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary . |
| 28 | Erm y you get a lot of well we did get a lot of verbal abuse from the young the youngsters . |
| 29 | Erm did you have all your equipment by this time , then you did get a rifle ? |
| 30 | We we we did get a lot of phone calls complaining about erm loud reggae type music from that area . |