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 .
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