Example sentences of "be get a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They 're got a fuck of a lot of money .
2 Not necessarily Brussels but Belgium we 're got a joint venture company and we are sending our expertise to help them sort out the I think it 's the erm the Flanders region anyway Brussels .
3 But if they 're got a lot they will .
4 You 're getting a paunch , did you know that ? ’
5 How do you know you 're getting a good workout ?
6 ‘ You 're getting a proper old woman , John , seeing danger where there is none .
7 The boys go to school every day — there 's a tiny place in Clyst St George — but they 're at large all the afternoon , and they 're getting a bit too obstreperous to have about the place .
8 ‘ We 're getting a lot of interference , ’ he said .
9 Now we 've got the technology from the violin string department to wind the string and polish it all in one operation and we 're getting a brighter-sounding string than before , so we 've started marketing them again .
10 ‘ Honestly , Mil , ’ said Enid gently , ‘ I know it must have been awful when you were turned into a frog , what with the narrow squeak in the potion lab and everything , but do n't you think perhaps you 're getting a little obsessed with frogs and ponds ?
11 ‘ There 's so many of us out there and we 're getting a lot of exposure , but we 're not moving .
12 It may actually mean that you 're getting a bit too rough on your skin !
13 The final price will confirm whether you 're getting a bargain or not ; as Syd Sewell , chief executive of the KSA points out , ‘ … it costs as much — if not more — to fit a cheap kitchen as it does an expensive one . ’
14 and although things may not be brilliant for , in the workplace at the moment , but we 're we 're making a move , we 're getting a , a foot in there .
15 No , what I 'm saying is , I do n't think from the accident book you 're getting a true picture because people do n't always report it , they 'll be off several days afterwards .
16 Ah now we 're getting a bit more scientific .
17 Do you think you 're getting a a better idea of what they mean what it 's about .
18 Yo you you 're getting a caretaker
19 Your o your chances are n't getting better , they 're getting a lot worse
20 Because of the kind of job they 're doing or the fact that they 're getting a wee bit more pay ?
21 I think they 're getting a second-rate education .
22 can you all try to as we 're getting a bit late .
23 Well that 's not so bad if you 're getting a wee bit of help with her but er she 's a
24 No wonder you 're getting a buzzing in your ears there 's a big lump of concrete in there .
25 … when you put those two assessments together … they 're getting a very fair look … they 're getting a much fairer look than the Royal Shakespeare Company ever do .
26 … when you put those two assessments together … they 're getting a very fair look … they 're getting a much fairer look than the Royal Shakespeare Company ever do .
27 That 's why you 're getting a lift and for no other reason .
28 ‘ Do you think we 're getting a little confused about the nature of our relationship ? ’ he asked lightly .
29 Er , well , you used , well , you 're getting a bit more detailed , but wh what is that thing ?
30 Yes , it might , it might , but , but , but now you 're getting a little bit , you 're getting a bit too , too sophisticated now , we 're going to come on to that later .
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