Example sentences of "[vb -s] get a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 All in all , Rocastle has gotten a raw deal from Leeds .
2 Whoever owns that animal has got a strange sense of humour .
3 TIE Rack has got a great selection of ties and they 're great for Father 's Day presents , either as a little-extra or for those who ca n't afford to splash out .
4 Antony has got a temporary cap on one of his teeth but he 's had it about twice really .
5 The old man — General Midwinter — has got a private suite at seven floors below ground level .
6 I think that we should have access to the schools for everyone who is interested in education , and I think that includes teachers , so that is why I was very grateful to receive your invitation today , and I think the series is good , but I think that why we want an open society within our schools is because everyone has got a tremendous interest in education until people begin to surround it with jargon or to build walls and barriers which create a closed society .
7 He has got a terrible gash on the top of his head and some bruising to his shoulder .
8 All areas in which the section has got a proven record of achievement .
9 But when you 've moved a five-bedroomed house which has got a grand piano in it as well , and you 're about twenty to thirty foot at the back and all you can see is furniture furniture furniture furniture furniture , you can imagine as you go on you 're thinking God will we ever get to this ?
10 But basically a gilt has got a fixed rate of , of value at the end and the beginning , so it 's worth a hundred pounds day one , a hundred pounds day you know whatever , h how many days it 's in force , if it 's a five year gilt , it 's worth a hundred , a hundred pounds then .
11 This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others .
12 There 's a , one of them little it 's probably meant to be that colour , one of them little clay coloured things has got a black end on it there but er
13 Unfortunately Banbury has got a bad reputation among boat users in the past and the council is doing little to dispel it .
14 Boards A , B , C , D have all started , although D has got a bad start by not passing close behind the start boat .
15 So at every generation , each individual tends to get a comprehensive mix of the chromosomes that are available in the population .
16 Yet if this extraordinary ordinary woman does get a private frisson of vanity from her fame then hers is a classy act of concealment .
17 Except that Tony Parsons is n't the sort of prat that 's stumbled into all this from public school as if he 's got a divine right to it .
18 Oh the Toshiba , the Toshiba transformers , that 's what he 's got a good range of and he 's written down
19 ‘ Ken 's got a good sense of humour .
20 Suzanne 's got a good sense of balance which is always useful when you 're sailing Now let's look at this gybe to see if it 's any smoother .
21 But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with .
22 Obviously he ca n't quite speak in complete sentences yet , and his pronunciation is a bit poor sometimes , but he 's got a good grasp of the facts .
23 'E 's got a good look on — it must be a bit o' good land . ’
24 She 's always been quite mature because she 's an only child and she 's got a good head on her shoulders . ’
25 Perhaps Gav could buy up all the tickets for the Leeds faithful ? — As long as he 's got a good limit on the old credit card : - ) ) )
26 He 's got a good set of teeth .
27 Now , the other thing is Phil because he 's got a new experience with it , struggled to find a question .
28 He 's got a brilliant sense of humour and he comes up with very good ideas and he keeps the energy there .
29 I du n no , he 's got a rare form of cancer but .
30 He 's got a rare understanding of the blues , both on acoustic and electric , but it 's his slide guitar playing that 's really earned the praise .
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