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 . |