Example sentences of "get [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 2 | ‘ If you promise not to tell anyone , ’ Margaret said , when she finally got to see a doctor , ‘ I nearly had it done the old way , you know , with a knitting needle , then I lost my nerve . ’ |
| 3 | But , says Frank , ‘ a few weeks before I got to see a specialist I passed what looked like a bucket-full of blood into the toilet . |
| 4 | ‘ Now look , Connie me pet , it 's bleedin' cold in the parlour , ’ complained Archie , ‘ and , anyway , I got to see a bloke about a job . ’ |
| 5 | We got to see a man . ’ |
| 6 | She got to see a grizzly bear , skunks and chipmunks . |
| 7 | There 's no decent men in it and there 's no nudity of men it , even when he 's in it all you got to see of him was waist-high , you got to see a clips of his bum . |
| 8 | Er got to arrange a meeting at Pocklington cos she lives at York so we , I go through to Pocklington have a lunch and then return |
| 9 | Erm got fined a hundred and ninety six pounds and has got to pay me fifty pound compensation . |
| 10 | It does n't get at what you want either but it 's one of the system that we 've got So if you write something th that you for a piece of , an essay that you got say a two one for and then you write an appalling piece , you might still get a two one for it under exam conditions |
| 11 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 12 | I did longer than most and it had the advantage that , given there was much greater stability of employment then , I got to know a very large number of people . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was still involved in commercial work , I also used to foster kids ’ , he says , ‘ and , consequently , got to know a lot about the care system . |
| 14 | ‘ We got to know a lot of interesting things about your way of life and your education system — and we found many similar things . ’ |
| 15 | We were on the ground floor of the flats , and we got to know a lot of them as neighbours as well as some of them as clients . |
| 16 | One reason , one major reason why got to play a pa a role in Europe , to po protect the interests of the work force within and I make no apologies for any of the visits that any of our members have been on because they 've all been worthwhile . |
| 17 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 18 | ‘ And then , blow me , I got offered a job at Radio One . |
| 19 | ‘ We got offered a lot of European dates after Reading , ’ says Gordon , ‘ but we backed off to rehearse and then went to America . |
| 20 | I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it . |
| 21 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 22 | I mean but do n't you think that 's a bit out of order Bonnie got offered a job , so Honey goes and tries and gets it . |
| 23 | I 've got make a fresh lot . |
| 24 | I might bring in a note tomorrow saying I 've got make an appointment |
| 25 | So , you know , if you 're going to talk in terms of losses , then it does suggest , heaven forbid that the allies have got to lose a tremendous number of aircraft before the equation sort of balances . |
| 26 | Got to carry a knife to protect myself . |
| 27 | very smart answer to that but erm I 've got to carry a shotgun in one hand and handcuffs in the other and still deal with en e eventuality , I just ca n't do it . |
| 28 | You 've got to carry a little packet with you because who goes to said please can you put your condom on . |
| 29 | Can I just say from a practical point of view , primary classes are fairly static sort of places , you 've got the teacher in the class all day , and if they say well let's have a micro in our classroom today that can be done , whereas a secondary teacher tends to wander round the school with a load of books under one arm and a bag of equipment under the other arm , and they 've also got to carry a micro round or move a micro from one classroom to another — it 's physically difficult , so in practice the primary teachers seem to find it easier to fit in with micros . |
| 30 | Yes , I 've got to post a card for Ruth . |