Example sentences of "[noun] he [modal v] get " in BNC.

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1 He got the sack , cos he got up and left his job overslept and annoyed erm Rachael because she woke him up twice and said come on you 've got to go to work , he said alright then , she , she went back to bed thinking he 'd get up and of course he were still laying in bed , I woke him up at five to eleven , said come on you 're an hour late , but when he got down there they said no it 's no good you 've got the sack , and he said well it 's your own fault then cos you were woke up twice by Rachael at nine o'clock , he had n't , he could have got up and gone to work , just idle we met him twice , it really upset him
2 It was nice to talk over old times and Swire Sugden assured me that in future he would get a consensus before sending in the bulldozers .
3 With a little more coaching he might get the knack .
4 In exchange for funds he would get the Ping Tiao to do his dirty work — to burn the East European Plantations and create havoc with City Europe 's food supplies , thus de-stabilising Li Shai Tung 's City .
5 Before he was twenty ( an age at which most FI drivers today are already well established in the regular line of ascent towards FI ) , Mario was racing several times a week — sometimes five races in a day — in whatever cars he could get his hands on : jalopies , sprints , three-quarter midgets , midgets .
6 The number of sales the trader could make was limited to the number of cars he could get .
7 In the event , Ramsay himself made the most useful contributions to the debate , with the young Steward and Moray backing him , the Regent out of his depth and almost pathetically grateful for any guidance he could get .
8 There are a small but not insignificant group of people who will be moved by this issue to vote in the General Election even though apathetic about other policies and the Prime Minister needs every vote he can get .
9 Give a man the best kind of pleasure he 'd get this side of the Fields of Aarru . ’
10 When he found the Key he 'd get them .
11 The driver was apparently unfamiliar with the area , and the need to call directions forward made questions and conversation impossible ; the only responses he could get were Langstone , a promise of explanations later , and another reassurance that everything had been cleared through his office .
12 ‘ I 've had sleepless nights but it 's the biggest day of his life and he needs all the help he can get , ’ he said .
13 And sadly he needs all the help he can get right now … starting tonight .
14 He wants to be a county cricketer and he 's ready to take all the help he can get . ’
15 He needed all the help he could get .
16 Of course , he had known they would use the Microwave Gun on him ; they always did when he was up in front of somebody , whenever he was at a disadvantage anyway and needed all the help he could get , whenever he was going for an interview for a job , or being asked things by the Social security people or even clerks in the Post Office .
17 Accordingly , depending upon whether a bank holder of a bill of lading sued in the United States or in England he could get $500 instead of £100 for loss of the same package or unit of freight .
18 She had the feeling that at any second he might get up and walk around her , judging her from all angles in much the same manner as one assessed the points of a horse , and she lifted her chin , staring at him coolly .
19 If somebody can be persuaded to say something which is critical of Darwin he can get his name in the papers or on the box .
20 You tell your lover boy next time he goes lion hunting he should get himself just a little better organized .
21 Rémy had no personal knowledge of Ranulf , earl of Chester , and could not be sure what kind of welcome he would get in the north .
22 Ralph Williams is just 39 and for 30 of those years , he 's bought every ancient tractor or old machine he could get his hands on .
23 Kevin Dutton was unsure of the reaction he would get to his first unconventional portrait of a British comedian , he certainly did n't expect to find others demanding the same treatment .
24 A cat showing a mouse a bit of cheese to see what reaction he could get .
25 There was no telling what reaction he 'd get from Channing , of course .
26 He 'd be surprised at the reaction he 'd get .
27 but erm , you know , they 'll get a lot of trouble and there 's a register , there 's a natural register of assessors and if an assessor is not seen to be doing his job he 'll get struck off basically and that will cause major problems then
28 If Mr Moynihan is keen to hang on to his job he should get on to FIFA now and tell them to make the booking .
29 He did n't want a job that 's what he had said he wanted to have time out he did n't want a job he could get a job when he wanted to , he ca n't now turn round and blame it on
30 Anyway it would be interesting to learn just at what point he would get around to the subject of Rob .
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