Example sentences of "[conj] it gets [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now possible for reporters to deliver copy via computer to the file server where it gets subbed and seamlessly rewritten by the editor . |
| 2 | I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful . |
| 3 | Religion deserves a fair hearing , and effective RE will see that it gets that . |
| 4 | The worrying aspect is that it gets worse each year . ’ |
| 5 | There is no comparison between the firm , delicate flesh of such a natural specimen and the fatty flab of the farmed fish made pink by E160g , washed in Nuvan to minimize lice infestation and packed into a cage so that it gets little or no natural conditioning . |
| 6 | If you go much faster than that it gets windy very quickly , although the heater can still turn the cabin into blast furnace . |
| 7 | The distance between the water-level and the cover-glass should be at least 6ins ( 16cms ) , so that it gets sufficient heat and humidity . |
| 8 | We do n't pressurise the horse so that it gets more and more upset : remember , it will remember ! |
| 9 | It reminds us of the blackout and people are scared to go out once it gets dark . |
| 10 | There is something in the British political culture , and I call this a national characteristic once it gets deep into a culture , which has made British politics consistently less violent than others . |
| 11 | But once it gets wet the weight of the water may well kill it . |
| 12 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 13 | I mean that , that have to hold top and bottom , you put something in the soil and it gets all its nourishment in the soil and that |
| 14 | However , proofed cotton canvas can be very heavy , and it gets dirty very quickly . |
| 15 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 16 | And it gets worse . |
| 17 | It does n't get light until about six o'clock in the morning and it gets dark |
| 18 | Perhaps the swing sends the blood rushing to his brain and it gets over-enriched and out of kilter . |
| 19 | And it gets wet down there as well . |
| 20 | Instead of just getting twelve hours light twelve hours dark we get you know it might not get dark until eleven o'clock at night and it gets light at about four o'clock in the morning . |
| 21 | If there 's another raid and it gets bad , we 'll go to the nearest tube station . |
| 22 | You have a track record and you build up this understanding and you acquire the skills , and it gets easier and easier . |
| 23 | I , I think it 's quite a , an interestingly pretty plant in the right sort of situation but it is a wild plant , it is a native plant and it gets big . |
| 24 | It starts small , and it gets big . |
| 25 | The bus turns the corner and it gets stuck in some traffic for a bit and he just carries on shouting again and again . |
| 26 | And it gets stuck in your eye and you go , you go ah ! |
| 27 | That 's another ten grand fifteen grand I 'll sit up on top of the bonfire until it gets hot |
| 28 | But if it does n't ease off , or if it gets worse , you must see your doctor . |
| 29 | At Galway and that 's the problem with General Idea as you say Derek er if it gets softer like at Cheltenham that will be very much against him . |
| 30 | I have been advised to leave it alone and see if it gets better . |