Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think that we should have access to the schools for everyone who is interested in education , and I think that includes teachers , so that is why I was very grateful to receive your invitation today , and I think the series is good , but I think that why we want an open society within our schools is because everyone has got a tremendous interest in education until people begin to surround it with jargon or to build walls and barriers which create a closed society .
2 mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest
3 Cos I mean get a good deal
4 I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel .
5 I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point .
6 Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened .
7 I want some Diet Coke , I want to get a massive thing of Diet Coke .
8 " Hazel , " said Fiver suddenly , " I want to get a clear idea of this Silverweed , but I dare n't go closer by myself .
9 I 'd got a troublesome cough developed , and now looking back through the years , er it would have been a sort of hay-feverish condition that I I have been a bit bothered with .
10 I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’
11 Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over .
12 I 'd , I 'd I 'd got a four year old toddler and a and a eighteen month old crawler when , when I was your age .
13 I 'd got a fumbling schoolboy with no more idea of what a girl needed than the man in the moon .
14 I was in bed for a week with concussion and the doctor said at first he thought I 'd got a broken pelvis .
15 But like , it was alright then because like means that you can changed up in this one corner of the changing room all the time and so I 'd got my shirt on while I was putting my T-shirt on like for the reason that my bra strap was bust , not actually because I 'd got a gigantic love bite around my neck !
16 I would , if I 'd got a fast car and I 'd lost my dreams .
17 Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses .
18 I was told I 'd got a little girl , then I heard her crying .
19 So I worked down here and nights up there preparing it and all round this , this place was coat hooks and that , where they all hung their things and I had to knock them down , you know what I mean , and fix me own benches up and er I 'd got a little treadle lather and er sufficient for me to start .
20 I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't
21 And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm .
22 How did you guess I 'd got a secret plan ? ’
23 In a few weeks time , I hope to get a short spell of leave , and I mean to devote it exclusively to literary work .
24 When was I going to get a proper job , and if I did n't , or could n't , when was I going to get married and settle down . ’
25 In the end I decide to get a big cup of coffee and a jam doughnut .
26 ‘ I 'm a photographer , not a billionaire , so I needed to get a good idea going to pay for it all .
27 Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling .
28 I managed to get a full tank .
29 Yes , they were quite an elite band of brothers , but it was possible to break into the circle , and eventually by a stroke of luck and a bit of help from one of Vincent 's crew who took pity on me , I managed to get a short spell of leave relief on HMRC Vincent .
30 I do get a social life out of it .
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