Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
2 | It is far better , for the sake of peace and quiet , to ‘ give them their head ’ within reason , without allowing them to get a total stranglehold on your time . |
3 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
4 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
5 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |
6 | So how come you got a filthy cold then ? |
7 | ‘ And we want her to get a nice lot of money for it so that she can afford to go and visit her nephew up North , ’ added Mary . |
8 | Has it got a fair-trade mark ? |
9 | Has it got a black arrow ? |
10 | If you 're looking at triangles you 're first thing you 're looking at is has it got a right angle ? |
11 | so that 's your first one has it got a right angle ? |
12 | Will you get on that ma , has it got a long play ? |
13 | Has it got a tenth root ? |
14 | Has he got a good voice ? |
15 | Has he got a roving eye ? ’ |
16 | Has he got a massive dick ? |
17 | Has he got a double bass like ? drums like ? |
18 | Reporter asks : And has he got a bright future ? |
19 | You say he got a fat tummy as he ? |
20 | Come here , cara , and let me get a closer look . ’ |
21 | I hope you get a positive response from listeners . |
22 | let you get a wee bit of a sleep . |
23 | ‘ Mum says we got a new lodger , a nice French lady , ’ said Linda . |
24 | ‘ We hope we get a good response , we can only try , ’ she said . |
25 | But it still prevented him getting a serious head injury . |
26 | No I do n't think you get a higher incidence . |
27 | He was genuine , he appreciated everything you did and I do n't think you get a better manager and of course he 's now under this new Transport Act when transport , this was erm , was nationalized is n't it ? |
28 | For example , the grid can be temporarily turned off to enable you to get a better idea of how the design will look when knitted . |
29 | The risk that the others would use them to get a political voice was a risk that had to be taken . |
30 | The prospects of other EC nationals voting in European and local elections in France , and Brussels deciding who gets a French visa , have pushed the National Front campaign into turbo-charge . |