Example sentences of "[vb -s] get a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | Whoever owns that animal has got a strange sense of humour . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | All areas in which the section has got a proven record of achievement . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
6 | So at every generation , each individual tends to get a comprehensive mix of the chromosomes that are available in the population . |
7 | Yet if this extraordinary ordinary woman does get a private frisson of vanity from her fame then hers is a classy act of concealment . |
8 | The kite string is making an angle of forty degrees there and it 's got a hundred metres of the line payed out . |
9 | Oh the Toshiba , the Toshiba transformers , that 's what he 's got a good range of and he 's written down |
10 | ‘ Ken 's got a good sense of humour . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | He 's got a good set of teeth . |
16 | He 's got a brilliant sense of humour and he comes up with very good ideas and he keeps the energy there . |
17 | I du n no , he 's got a rare form of cancer but . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | A pound of tea , I said ; no , half a pound , thank you , and any bread that 's got a European type of crust , and have you some Dundee marmalade ? |
20 | further to that , I do n't know whether anybody 's got a recent notice of coding , I did . |
21 | Said Keegan 's No. 2 Terry McDermott : ‘ He 's got a deep knowledge of the game and he 's ideal for us . ’ |
22 | Now I think he 's got a real chance of winning on Saturday . ’ |
23 | With regard to Easingwold , well of course Easingwold is at present outside the area of search , erm but again I do agree with what Mr Courcier has said , it would be a doubling the size of Easingwold , Easingwold is a small market town of high environmental quality , the existing form and pattern of development within Easingwold , erm exercise constraints over the scale of future development , the central area is of a certain size , of a certain quality , it 's got a certain amount of capacity to accept further development , and I do n't believe that a a erm grafting a fur further fourteen hundred houses could be fitted in to that existing infrastructure without serious harm . |
24 | Yeah , cos he 's got a private pension of one hundred pounds a month as well . |
25 | What she was doing is she was talking as a person who 's got a genuine love of the theatre as we all have that 's what were doing here looking for solutions now can I 'm I 'm as I said I 'm not assassinating your character now but you 're being very intimidating in the way that your talking to people . . |
26 | She 's got a nice pair of legs ai n't she ? |
27 | There are n't many new ideas , or the money to back them , so if there is a good script that has an Asian angle , the chances are it 's got a better probability of getting made . |
28 | If I could cite one example of that , the accountancy profession recruits seventy per cent of its intake from non-accountancy graduates , and in fact , a student taking accountancy , and getting a not particularly good degree , even a lower second class honours degree , can sometimes be regarded by employers as having demonstrated not particularly good aptitude for accountancy , and be discounted in favour of a candidate from another major subject , who 's got a better class of degree . |
29 | Cos on that photo , my nan 's got a right sort of face has n't she ? |
30 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |