Example sentences of "he [verb] get a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Incidentally , the Minister of State knows that he has got a real pressure group round his neck when it comes to disability and the disabled .
2 8 days later , he 's hardly found his way round the corridors of power , but he has got a front bench job .
3 He has got a terrible gash on the top of his head and some bruising to his shoulder .
4 Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case .
5 Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat .
6 It was a very special goal , and he has got a special talent . ’
7 He has got a big name already but it 's going to get even bigger in Italy .
8 he has got a short hand , look at all his fingers they look like they 've all been trimmed off
9 To do that , he has to get a new constitution adopted which would abolish the existing parliament .
10 However , Mr Yeltsin is still far from winning the two-thirds majority he needs to get a new constitution adopted .
11 He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display .
12 He 'd got a small garden fork and he started taking out rough bits of grass from the edge of the drive .
13 He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ?
14 He 'd got a marvellous set of teeth . ’
15 He 'd got a well-developed sense of self-protection , you know , always carried a gun in the glove-pocket of the car .
16 Ivan fired again , short experimental bursts as if he 'd got a new power-drill from the Christmas tree .
17 And he never forgive me for this you see because he were a big noise you know , he he 'd got a big business in .
18 So he certainly did n't pay due care to the pace and the speed and make sure that he 'd got a safe gap before pulling out .
19 But you know he 'd got a huge parlour there was nothing wrong within this one thing and you know , we tried to drill it out you know
20 But he he 'd got a little mission er on the side of the at , , I 've I went with him so I saw it .
21 Yeah At one time we could n't get Jessy to talk , he 'd got a little girl with er and
22 Well he 'd got a seven year old girl copying him had n't he ?
23 Do n't you remember once we went round , he 'd got a lovely garden !
24 And he 'd say , Well and he 'd got a whole string of Lenin 's books , and he 'd reach down and pick one and turn to the right page straight away , says , This is what Lenin said , and he said , I 'll stand by this , you know .
25 But to my dismay he said he 'd got a local caddie for Birkdale , and that he 'd misunderstood me when I said I 'd caddie for him anywhere .
26 However , for someone supposed to be very clever , he seemed to get a great deal of pleasure out of ordinary things .
27 In the street market he managed to get a wilting lettuce for Henry and Murgatroyd , reduced to fourpence .
28 He does remember Hollar from ten years ago and that he did get a good degree ( p. 52 ) , and his enthusiasm for the fact is indicated by the emphatic nature of his approbation — " Of course you did .
29 But , he did get a special price ?
30 He had wanted a male grandchild and he had got a male grandchild ; that should be enough for everybody … [ 18 ] The good news therefore was doubly welcome and caused as much delight at Elmhurst as dismay in Woburn Square , where the John Pontifexes were then living .
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