Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scuba World in its magnanimity has given you five chances to get it right . |
| 2 | The Piggotts reached the final in 1979 at their second attempt and it has taken them 13 years to get as close again . |
| 3 | Mind you , it has taken her 13 years to get there — that is how long the series has been running . |
| 4 | I wanted her to have an abortion because it would have given us more time to get ourselves sorted out and get our life going together before bringing another person into it . |
| 5 | Unusual , perhaps , tiresome to his office — but if the strange behaviour at which his daughter had hinted was really a sort of battiness , the office would have made its own arrangements to get by . |
| 6 | We 've given her enough time to get blasted out of her skull . ’ |
| 7 | I 've given you enough time to get over everything I 've said to you . |
| 8 | I 've had it all day get it going , apart , just from a |
| 9 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 10 | It had taken him two days to get a seat on the Paris Express from Madrid . |
| 11 | The team also found that companies had allowed their financial exposure to get out of control through , for example , complex dealings exploiting inconsistencies in regulatory regimes , complex financing arrangements which proved awkward to manage when difficulties arose , and failure to change policies in response to changing economic conditions . |
| 12 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 13 | Clearly , then , you have to know your individual roses to get the best from them , know their strengths , and their weaknesses . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 15 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 16 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
| 17 | so anyway he 's he 's engaged and it 's taken him two years to get engaged so it 's gon na take another couple of years to get married . |
| 18 | They 've just reached the half way stage of the project but it 's taken them five years to get this far . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's taken us five years to get this far and by now we know when we 've had enough of each other and when to get out of the van and go and sit somewhere quiet to cool off , ’ says Craig . |