Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] get [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 2 | And there was the erm there was a top called the window breaker , and it was a special top that had got a long stem on it and a big round like a mushroom , it was like a mushroom almost . |
| 3 | LIKE CARTER , the Popinjays are one of those UK indie turns that have got a liberating blast from the arrival of cheapo , user-friendly technology , turning their intensive sweet-shop dramas into enormo stomping noise-storms . |
| 4 | So if we pick metals that have got a big difference in their electrical potentials , we 're gon na get a useful battery . |
| 5 | A pound of tea , I said ; no , half a pound , thank you , and any bread that 's got a European type of crust , and have you some Dundee marmalade ? |
| 6 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 7 | Everywhere that 's got a postal address has a town council at that post town really does n't it . |
| 8 | I tell you one that 's got a strong inside , you manage up to three month but you 're no good after three months . |
| 9 | Oh is it Pat that 's got the bad back ? |
| 10 | Ms Starnes , who had once worked for him in the news department of WSGN Radio in Birmingham , Alabama , agreed at once that he should cover pending events in Libya for Mutual Radio and promised to get the necessary credentials to him within 48 hours . |
| 11 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |
| 12 | In the wake of a media flare-up over community advice agencies refusing to advise National Front activists , which affected both Union and the organization , a number of friends and colleagues , including us , took the issue to our National Conference and helped to get an anti-racism motion through . |
| 13 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
| 14 | Mr Wilson soon had the situation under control , however , and managed to get the whole school lining up in one of the four corridor approaches to the sports hall . |
| 15 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The idea is to make it easier and try to get a good picture of how they feel about their own health . |
| 17 | It was for just such occasions that Martha kept her best china locked securely in the glass cabinet and saved to get the front room furnished ‘ fit for visitors ’ . |
| 18 | Is the Minister aware that the hon. Gentleman is quite right to worry about the level of representation in England because every time a Tory is defeated in Scotland he flees the country , comes down here and tries to get a Tory seat ? |
| 19 | And trying to get the light poles up . |
| 20 | The other issues are Aberdeen to we 're gon na get shafted again cos have got a different schedule now have n't they ? |
| 21 | Manchester-based Airtours needed 50 per cent of Owners ' shareholders to agree to the deal , but failed to get the necessary votes . |
| 22 | Anne tried to catch the girl , hoping to embrace her from behind and pin her arms , but missed getting a sure hold on her . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , back at the ivory tower , lobby groups are busying themselves with the legal questions while waiting to get the big question answered ( i.e. why do people do it ? ) . |
| 24 | Local authorities will have to administer the dying poll tax and deal with all the problems associated with that , while trying to get the new council tax system into play . |