Example sentences of "i get was " in BNC.

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1 And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution .
2 The only one I got was that in his view thirteen and a half was too late for confirmation ; it was best done as a sort of early ‘ double shot ’ — like a jab of cholera with typhoid — along with baptism .
3 We were both professors at Imperial College in 1956–59 but the impression I got was of a professor somewhat on the Kissinger model — a status symbol for the college , but not an approachable colleague .
4 What I got was a group of men who ranged from those with a more developed line on women 's issues than mine to those who were frankly misogynistic , and a woman who went on record as saying that , in her opinion , feminism put women off being lesbians .
5 I promised that his further education would be no burden to them , and that after the war , I would see to it that he received a free college education , which should not be denied him , but all I got was ‘ You take ‘ im , Mr Burton , you take ‘ im . ’
6 Mind yer , all I got was a load o' lip .
7 I mean , I 'm a pretty good shoplifter , like , but yesterday all I got was two bloody Barbie Dolls , y'know , a tenner each , like .
8 ‘ Some of the advice I got was amazing .
9 I tried your mobile as well but I did n't think it would work up there in the mountains and sure enough all I got was the recording saying try again later . ’
10 The next thing I got was an order for twenty of them .
11 ‘ All I got was ‘ aeroplanes ’ and ‘ today ’ , ’ Finlayson said .
12 The impression I got was that Leeds started off REALLY well with a totally dominant mid-field , that West Ham started to make a game of it but that the weather got worse & worse and the game just degenerated .
13 The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock .
14 All I got was sympathy and a piece of House of Commons headed notepaper .
15 our congregation yesterday and erm the feeling I got was that erm we could n't support a minister ourselves , and we 're and , well at least the congregation think that they 're there entirely to help Salisbury Park .
16 The best rate of exchange I got was how many pesetas is it to a quid ?
17 Yeah , oh all I got was that book with a statement , statement book .
18 the only thing I got was of Stella
19 I thought you were , right none of us were there , the feedback that I got was that
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