Example sentences of "[verb] get [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover — and more fundamentally — this way of thinking about Human Liberation has got things backwards .
2 LONDON UNCLE Ian 's Deli-Diner has got things determinedly backwards .
3 Mine has got cheese on .
4 No , er , he has got relatives down there .
5 This relaxing massage oil has got lavender in and ylang-ylang and frankincense
6 Some of my friends has got silver in .
7 I thought we were getting her the one , but the only thing is the other has got drawers both sides has n't it ? if I remember rightly .
8 I think has summed up quite well there I think , which , what everyone 's aims is , which is that we want an effective and efficient police force , which everyone has got confidence in to make sure that it protects citizens against crime in this country , and nothing could be , I do n't think anybody who is erm , civilised in this county or this country would want anything different .
9 Mr has got costs below , yes , erm
10 Every step has got fish in .
11 ‘ We 'll need to get gas somewhere . ’
12 ‘ Perhaps if we tried to get things straight in our minds now , it might hurry the enquiry along , ’ Peggy suggested , casually .
13 Such task analysis can only be carried out to some cost-effective limit beyond which the skilled operator must be trusted to get things right by applying his broad expertise .
14 Figures designed to get headlines not make headway .
15 Remember when the US Interstate Highway system , designed to get people out of cities fast in the event of an emergency , failed its first and only test during the anti-Vietnam riots in Washington in 1968 ?
16 He just wants to get sweets out of me , that 's the thing !
17 Next , if you want to try to get sponsorship then write to the importers or dealers in this country — their addresses are in the ads of this magazine — do n't try writing direct to the USA , they wo n't want to know .
18 Francis has got to try to get Hirst back to business quickly , and the player himself should realise that this dream of glory can become reality under the guidance of Francis .
19 Ah , and you want want to get dad out of here ay ?
20 With a play it brings the message home more and the message we want to get accross today is ’ Run , yell and tell ’ .
21 If you want to get money out it 's harder than it is for white people — they always check you and go away and phone .
22 ‘ Now I just want to get Christmas over with .
23 We want to get politics out of health care .
24 Typically , her statement was pragmatic : ‘ We want to get politics out of health care , ’ she said .
25 We want to get people back in as orderly , humane and unstressed way as possible . ’
26 It , that 's why she was panicking I think because she 'd got Mrs off and she 'd got June off .
27 They 'd got Bri home !
28 No but yeah but the thing is Carla , be honest with you if you 'd got honours again I mean , you imagine I mean thing is I 'm happy for you for what you 've done .
29 Well I think , she said she was going down the shops , so I said ah can you just wait just a sec , I 'll go and get my wallet and I 'll be down she said not to worry she 'd got money anyway whe when I got there she bumped to Maggi and then you 'd gone and then
30 You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop
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