Example sentences of "[noun] have get [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate dismissed summonses brought against a Liverpool Constable for selling tickets in an unauthorised lottery … the Constable had got into financial difficulties owing to a serious illness of his wife and the ill-health of his two children .
2 Of a family where child abuse may be taking place , they will say that Satan has got into that family , and that there 's some sort of evil force at work .
3 The plaintiff had got into financial difficulties .
4 Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere made the water slightly acidic so it corroded the limestone , and where the water had to get through peaty soil before it hit the rock the acidity was stronger .
5 But I ca n't accept the argument that because you make provision to deal by law as well as by practice with the situations where things have got to that point in order to safeguard children , that you are thereby saying that you are going to take more children from their parents !
6 Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth .
7 ‘ The Department of Education and Science themselves said the teachers should not get more than five per cent that is what teachers have got in recent years .
8 But now , of course , Saddam has got into another mode .
9 On this occasion , fate in the form of Boz Buckland stepped in before Vulcan had got into full stride .
10 They were often together trying to think how the babies had got into this state .
11 Essex have to get through regional qualifiers at Old Loughtonians on March 27–28 , but Chelmsford coach Dick Clarke believes unity is all important at so crucial a time .
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