Example sentences of "they [be] get a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falling interest rates make it even more important for investors to check that they are getting a reasonable return from their funds . |
| 2 | A new generation of canny investors who have inherited family fortunes will quickly switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal . |
| 3 | This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal . |
| 4 | We must recognise that they are getting a raw deal and are being victimised by the Government . |
| 5 | Because of the kind of job they 're doing or the fact that they 're getting a wee bit more pay ? |
| 6 | I think they 're getting a second-rate education . |
| 7 | Well they 're getting a true language on this , I tell you ! |
| 8 | Clearly the mines were once again working , and a year later , Gibson wrote again to Sir Michael in London , advising that there were 17 or 18 men constantly at work and that they were getting a good quantity of ore … about 15 tons were then ready for weighing . |
| 9 | Bargain-hunters flocked to the stores , believing they were getting a good deal only to find they had paid the normal price or , in some cases , more . |
| 10 | Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal . |
| 11 | Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal . |
| 12 | They were getting a good deal out of staying at our house . |
| 13 | What they were told was that erm a number of , a a short , short list would be made up , erm , with the possibility of them having a second interview , and they would be told one way or another whether or not they were getting a second interview , because we were n't in a position to say whether we were or were not appointing . |
| 14 | What they had begun to realize was that they were getting a rough deal and that no one else would take any notice . |
| 15 | No wonder they were getting a raw deal . |