Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
| 2 | It is far better , for the sake of peace and quiet , to ‘ give them their head ’ within reason , without allowing them to get a total stranglehold on your time . |
| 3 | ‘ Trust me to get a cat like you , ’ said Mildred fondly , stroking it with one hand and unclasping its claws with the other . |
| 4 | A vital part of family welfare involves help with housing by social workers taking a client 's part in helping them get an application for council housing considered or encouraging the formation of community housing associations . |
| 5 | PC-ometer We take the three ratings — CPU , DISK and VIDEO and combine them to get an overall performance mark . |
| 6 | I forget what I said to them but the they forgot , the next , I do n't think I got a bit of grub ever , since then . |
| 7 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
| 8 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
| 9 | The the laws for I do n't know I mean I get a bit fed up . |
| 10 | I mean I got a I banked two hundred pound extra last month . |
| 11 | I mean I got a sh , and we just go got the bus me and my brother . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think you want me to get a girlfriend , ’ Stuart sulkily concluded . |
| 13 | Yeah , I 've spoken to Tom , he wants me to get an outline price which I 'll do today . |
| 14 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |
| 15 | Now I thought it was wrong , I even stopped them getting a fry . |
| 16 | Pupils ' general knowledge about sizes of units and the relationships among them which could assist them to get a " feel " for numbers and help them decide whether measurements were reasonable , was lacking . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I got Peter for £1 million and when you look at the lack of quality around today I would not argue when people say I got a bargain . |
| 18 | I do n't know whether , people thought that erm if they interfered with me I would n't er I would n't play or what it was but then , anyway erm when the war ended , as I say I got a bit erm worried and erm I then got in touch with er Mr who was then er , then taken over from Sir Cecil Clerk of the Council or Chief Executive and erm , he suggested that erm I might take a course for the erm Home Workers Diploma For The Blind which erm was , well it was a sort of specialized er social worker really . |
| 19 | sat here with Marcus and I said oh , I got a , got a flash , and he say I got a flash or something |
| 20 | D' ya get a lot of kids in there ? |
| 21 | Would you know she got a box of tissues by her bed . |
| 22 | I suggest you get a Brillat-Savarin . |
| 23 | Expect you get a bit bored do n't you ? |
| 24 | Has she got a boyfriend ? ’ |
| 25 | Since she does n't respond to my telling her to relax I ask who is this landlord anyway and has she got a rent book ? |
| 26 | She 's got a , I think er has she got a no , I do n't think she 's got a key to my house now , she used to have er in case I lock meself out . |
| 27 | Has she got a ? |
| 28 | Has she got a dolly in her cot with her ? |
| 29 | Has she got a drink knocking around somewhere ? |
| 30 | Has she got a pump in it ? |