Example sentences of "and he get a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Dirty as the auld pigs he tended to , not a penny to bless himself , till his auld skinflint uncle died and he got a hold of the place .
2 She kicked him in the face with her boot-heel , and he got a grip on her knee .
3 He was torn backwards , his hands flailing , and he got a grip on the doorjamb .
4 Tessa was bending ova him with the percolator and he got a whiff of expensive perfume .
5 ‘ I felt like I was escaping just to get in , ’ he reflected after his taxi failed to turn up and he got a lift from a receptionist at his hotel .
6 And he gets a lot of publicity out of this by er , being photographed with Ted Heath , by announcing that he 's showing clemency to people who are convicted by the Iraqi courts , and that really people should n't hold too much against him .
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