Example sentences of "[pron] would get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I knew I would get a big sentence . |
2 | Someone would get a new car , or a new cat : a tree would be lopped : the milkman 's horse bolt . |
3 | Regulations about auditing pension funds hinder profitability , but without them nobody would get a fair pension . |
4 | Obviously during the pregnancy she was visiting the doctor so she would get a good check up . |
5 | She should n't run off with any of his old mates or she would get a good hiding when he came home . |
6 | It did n't occur to her that she would get a good shot in … fine aim had never been one of her strong points — so when she heard him shout her name behind her , her instinct as ever was to run . |
7 | Under Swiss law she would get a long prison sentence . |
8 | She would get a little flat of her own , perhaps go and stay with Great-Aunt Alicia at week-ends . |
9 | One thing that I think we have to be very careful about , if we did legalize cannabis there would be a proportion of adolescents who would get a great kick out of it , but there would those who do n't get the kick because it 's not illegal . |
10 | And the only time you would get a new pair was if the top part of the shoe |
11 | So we we we tend to have a different sort of , probably if you 'd , if you ask that question differently you would get a different percentage . |
12 | You would get a different sort of feel again by installing a big armoire or bureau bookcase if you could afford one or the other . |
13 | If you said that Liveseys ' do twenty per cent of the mixing and all of the marketing , you would get an approximate idea . ’ |
14 | So we would get a screaming phone call from one of the local nurseries , and ten minutes later a howling , sopping bundle lands on the doorstep and the welcoming buti scoops it up , sick and nappies and all . |
15 | Or if the ground was kind of wet we used to er make slide then and skate along on it and if the ground got dry we would get a old bucket or something and run round to the tap at the tank at the back of the school and get a a lot of water wet till you could slip on it . |
16 | We knew we would get a big loss this year partly because of the cost of the changes we have made . |
17 | ‘ They said we would get an extra hour in October when the clocks go back but I 'll believe that when I see it . ’ |
18 | The meetings were considered successful , and doubtless those who came to take part in them would get a double benefit from the fine air and the healthful scenes around that beautifully situated city . |
19 | they would get a good dividend of it . |
20 | Mr Aziz 's initial reaction encouraged the Russians to believe that they would get a good reply , and get it promptly . |
21 | They would put things on a proper footing , he would take a job , they would get a good housekeeper . |
22 | They thought they would get a warm welcome when they offered the money to the charity-funded hospice in Milton , Cambs . |
23 | The Mayor , while not quantifying his optimism added , ‘ that there was no doubt they would get a large number of members from Reading and Maidenhead ’ . |
24 | My guess was right when I thought they would get an awful lot from a Video Course , even though it was n't in their language . |
25 | The Government with British Coal decided that they would get an independent consultant 's report to study how the mine could be put up for licence — whether under the consortium or under private ownership . |
26 | ‘ I think they were quite serious about leaving us at the time and thought they would get an objective opinion from Langford . |
27 | If , in addition to posing the difficulty , he could say that there is no authority in point and that Grant 's case is distinguishable , and could also suggest some reasons why on these facts it ought to be distinguished , he would get a first class on that question instead of a very doubtful pass . |
28 | But then , a week later , she had a visit from a strange man enquiring for her father , and who , after being told of his demise , informed her he had been asked to sell the property for which he had felt able to assure her father he would get a good price , seeing that land around was scarce . |
29 | Tate , who admitted assault , was told he would get a five-week sentence when he next appeared to fit in with his break from the ship . |
30 | He also bribed Lennie to stay with him , when George said that if Lennie was good he would get a little puppy to pet . |