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 had begun to realize was that they were getting a rough deal and that no one else would take any notice . |
14 | No wonder they were getting a raw deal . |