Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] got a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But one must recognize that whatever system one puts in has only got a limited life before it becomes irrelevant , and if the payment is for achievement it must do just that .
2 Lyceum has just got a new logo I noticed
3 The Lyn , Oslo player has already got a similar offer from Leeds .
4 No matter how you feed your horse , somebody else ( usually a self confessed expert with little or no qualifications ) has always got a better way .
5 He has clearly got a cut mouth and there are flecks of blood down his chest .
6 I think has probably got a better coverage on groups .
7 He has also got a good routine going with his putting now that his caddie , Fanny Sunesson , has stopped crouching down behind him before he putts to make sure he is aiming in the right direction .
8 She has also got a substantial cruising specification which includes , Watermaker , Heating to all cabins , Generator , Icemaker , Burglar alarm , TV-Video-CD player , sep .
9 He has really got a bad cold .
10 ‘ He has now got a new incentive at Forest where there have been so many changes . ’
11 Julia has recently got a little job .
12 No it were Monday when in here cos I was oh I were , Gavin were wanting some toast with jam on and I 'd only got a little bit like that , I says oh you 'll have to wait while your Aunty Margaret brings some more tomorrow .
13 Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days .
14 Jack 's sister Lorraine said she knew that June had dated Don Rose around that time but no one could confirm that he was the father , or his secondary claim that he had married June before the baby was born ( he said they had separated quickly and she 'd later got a Mexican divorce , though apparently no papers are available to support his allegations ) .
15 She 'd already found out much more about Puddephat than she 'd hoped — she 'd even got a promising suspect in the shape of Theo Sykes — and there was no point in banging on about her non-existent book outline .
16 The father she had always known would no longer have anything to do with her so she had eventually got a tiny room in a house in London which served as a hostel for single girls .
17 Just to illustrate how important this thing is , you 've probably all come across and it really irritates me , you see people interviewing people on television and they 've got their clipboard there and they 've obviously got a prepared question so they ca n't falter and fine , that means they 've prepared it .
18 ‘ No , we ca n't , we 've only got a cheap day return , have n't we ? ’ he said .
19 Bung 'em at the baddies for all you 're worth , but do n't waste 'em — you 've only got a limited supply !
20 Okay , well now , what I would like you to do please er because we 've only got a limited amount of time , er incidentally some of you still have n't divide collecting er a small group going with Peter I
21 I 've only got a two-person pod . ’
22 I mean , I 've only got a five pound note .
23 But we 've only got a small supply remember .
24 That 's what annoys me with erm these big company 's you know , opening on Sunday 's really , because er , you can only get the money , I mean they 've only got a certain amount
25 ‘ I 've only got a second hand on my watch .
26 So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket .
27 Oh God you 've only got a little bit
28 They 've only got a little stub though have n't they ?
29 No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth .
30 Oh , you 've only got a little bag each ’ — and climbed in .
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