Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] get a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And as my disgusting stepfather walked out two and a half years ago , ’ pointed out Perdita , ‘ the Committee are going to think it pretty odd that Mum 's got a bun in the oven . ’
2 . Here , have your breakfast then we 'll have a nice bath cos mummy 's got a lady coming to see her today about a job .
3 Okay so another another K word key well you wo could have guessed that if key has got a K then keyhole pretty certainly have a
4 Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else .
5 It is necessary , therefore , to grasp what public relations really means before you decide to spend time and effort trying to get a job in it .
6 I 'm sure you 're mum and dad have got a lot !
7 The architect Richard MacCormac said , ‘ I believe there is a danger that classicism is being used as a cure-all architectural pill , when architecture has got a lot more to it than just putting in columns and capitals .
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