Example sentences of "[vb -s] get a [adj] [noun] [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 Non-fundholders wait ten months for some outpatient appointments , fundholders can bring the consultant to the surgery to see the patient within a couple of weeks ; this of course helps to get a quicker place on the operation waiting list .
17 Yet if this extraordinary ordinary woman does get a private frisson of vanity from her fame then hers is a classy act of concealment .
18 The kite string is making an angle of forty degrees there and it 's got a hundred metres of the line payed out .
19 ‘ Randy 's got a slower pony in this chukka , who wo n't like Dopey taking a piece of him in the line-out one bit . ’
20 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 .
21 Oh the Toshiba , the Toshiba transformers , that 's what he 's got a good range of and he 's written down
22 ‘ Ken 's got a good sense of humour .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 'E 's got a good look on — it must be a bit o' good land . ’
27 She 's always been quite mature because she 's an only child and she 's got a good head on her shoulders . ’
28 PS Nutty 's got a good pair of legs if they 're any use to you , why do n't you slice your way over here to see them ? do n't think he 'd miss them as he 's legless most of the time anyway .
29 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 : - ) ) )
30 He 's got a good set of teeth .
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