Example sentences of "[vb -s] get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we also seen buoyant magazine that has gotten better every month , a title which is building a legacy in Britain that will last . |
| 2 | Elean : Some people say that since the Namibian independence agreement and the lessening of Botha 's power in the government the situation in South Africa has gotten better ; that there are renewed hopes for an amicable settlement with the liberation forces . |
| 3 | ‘ That bridge has got concrete cancer , ’ he warned , ‘ and if something is n't done soon there 's going to be a disaster . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , my right hon. Friend has got such deals time and again . |
| 5 | My main fear is that once the initial publicity for this has died down , that the Health Authority may attempt to have some sort of behind closed doors , almost like a cover up , and I think that , that , the , this is , this incident has got such ramifications for hospital security in general , there should be a full public enquiry ; and the public have a right to know what went on . |
| 6 | Systems & Processes Engineering Corp down in Texas has got first silicon in its NASA-backed effort to make a 200MHz Gallium Arsenide Sparc module for use in space applications , Electronic Engineering Times reports : Vitesse Semiconductor Corp is acting as foundry . |
| 7 | Electronic Engineering Times reports that Systems and Processes Engineering Corporation down in Texas has got first silicon in its NASA-backed effort to make a 200MHz gallium arsenide Sparc module for use in space applications . |
| 8 | Antonio is very cunning and shrewd though for he has got many ships and so does n't have all his eggs in one basket . |
| 9 | WHO DO YOU THINK HAS GOT GOOD HAIR ? |
| 10 | WHO DO YOU THINK HAS GOT GOOD HAIR ? : |
| 11 | WHO DO YOU THINK HAS GOT GOOD HAIR ? : |
| 12 | Next , I 'd pick the Exeter High Income , a very high income fund … because it has got good recovery prospects . |
| 13 | So at last — science has discovered the reason why agony aunts always give you the same advice : if your marriage has got stale , brighten yourself up , get fitter , take up a hobby or surprise your husband . |
| 14 | compound has got two |
| 15 | The group has got two aims , one is certification of the system to I S O Nine Thousand and One , and the second very important one is the continual improvement of the system as er to make a change in working practices , and business organizations and reorganizations . |
| 16 | Oh this has got two zips . |
| 17 | Well has Arthur got a Arthur has got two children has n't he ? |
| 18 | Since I came to England it has got much less . |
| 19 | Erm his wife is self-employed , has got four thousand , but it 's not . |
| 20 | on a single carriageway where a lane has got four lanes |
| 21 | No a Vax has got four wheels in n it |
| 22 | He has got great bone structure and a really cool Addams Family wardrobe and he has written a novel , let's be fair . |
| 23 | Er our distribution system has got great press recently and it 's regarded as one of the three best distribution systems in the U K. One of the things we 're trying to do is to pay less for our books , it 's very easy to pay very very fancy prices for , for er mid-range authors and for them not to earn out , so we 're looking for much cheaper books . |
| 24 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |
| 25 | Well he was a bit mad Elsie you know that and I am afraid he has got worse now . |
| 26 | As the economic crisis has got worse , the attention the government has given to education has got less to the point where instead of opening schools they are closing some of them , because — so they say — they ca n't pay the teachers ' salaries . |
| 27 | Fouling of the churchyard by dogs has got worse and the PCC are considering erecting notices asking owners to control their pets . |
| 28 | Ten ways life has got worse under the Tories |
| 29 | Since we moved here the asthma has got worse . |
| 30 | The injury has got worse and if I continue playing it wo n't get any better . ’ |