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

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1 ‘ That bridge has got concrete cancer , ’ he warned , ‘ and if something is n't done soon there 's going to be a disaster . ’
2 WHO DO YOU THINK HAS GOT GOOD HAIR ?
3 WHO DO YOU THINK HAS GOT GOOD HAIR ? :
4 WHO DO YOU THINK HAS GOT GOOD HAIR ? :
5 Next , I 'd pick the Exeter High Income , a very high income fund … because it has got good recovery prospects .
6 Er our distribution system has got great press recently and it 's regarded as one of the three best distribution systems in the U K. One of the things we 're trying to do is to pay less for our books , it 's very easy to pay very very fancy prices for , for er mid-range authors and for them not to earn out , so we 're looking for much cheaper books .
7 He has got great bone structure and a really cool Addams Family wardrobe and he has written a novel , let's be fair .
8 He has got tremendous vision and in midfield he can express himself that bit more than he could at right back .
9 Erm you know I like Georgian and I like a lot of other architecture but that I think has got tremendous character .
10 Er this house has got tremendous resistance to acceleration .
11 It 's no problem , Malcolm 's has got compressed air and and and electricity laid on .
12 ‘ One of my clients has got long hair and there 's no way I 'd let anybody cut it .
13 We have given it up , partly because we can not afford all the exercise tests and partly because we believe that once you know the patient has got ischaemic heart disease , which he has by definition if he has had an infarct , that the exercise test on a beta blocker is as useful prognostically .
14 Mm I went into his room and yet again he has got wet washing hanging up inside that room .
15 It has got wooden roof .
16 The comedian has got special permission from Army chiefs for a two-day goodwill trip to Croatia next week .
17 He has got curly hair
18 And er they have got it now to a state of what I would imagine almost perfection , and that is that every man , woman and child of the population of those two countries er has got adequate protection and even a woman er who wishes to go out and do shopping in the contaminated er environment has the possibility of , of suiting up and putting a special er cover on the pram of her child and actually pushing this child with a special ventilator out .
19 However , I never tried to get professional help , and that may well have been a mistake .
20 This is an important point of principle given that Mr Bell was accused of using his contacts to try to get cheap labour for a family business . ’
21 She had expected to get good advice from Lovat , not a proposal of marriage .
22 The thing is , if I 'm going to start my own business one day , I want to get good experience working for the best … so I do n't care whether I 'm answering the phone or working in their library .
23 Lady Wilcox said : ‘ We want to get informed comment before we draw up firm recommendations , but , at present , it seems to us that the best solution is likely to be a mixture of funding from different quarters . ’
24 There is a supplementary book included in the package , however , and you would do well to read this first if you want to get maximum benefit from the program .
25 There is a supplementary book included in the package , however , and you would do well to read this first if you want to get maximum benefit from the program .
26 With the best will in the world , an amateur path builder has to get professional help .
27 Let's hope Santa is n't too strapped for cash as a result of the interest rate because he also has to get Silvanian fire places , sewing machines , Sindy ( sic ) dolls , guns , kitchen sets , guitars , books , a baby changing unit , felt tip pens , videos , electric cars , electric trains , micro machines , computers , personal stereos , mighty metro racing sets , radio controlled aeroplanes , slippers and a camra .
28 take a long time but I mean I know it says got well puppy mess to get over yet .
29 Of course we 'd got good excuse .
30 She 'd got built-in babysitting facilities .
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