Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'll be , I 'm not going to go into it , that 's a close on itself , just like the first one that I , everyone has got a sequence |
| 2 | I think that we should have access to the schools for everyone who is interested in education , and I think that includes teachers , so that is why I was very grateful to receive your invitation today , and I think the series is good , but I think that why we want an open society within our schools is because everyone has got a tremendous interest in education until people begin to surround it with jargon or to build walls and barriers which create a closed society . |
| 3 | One of my friends ( 'I' ) who just stays a couple of doors up from me has got a very different attitude towards sex . |
| 4 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 5 | One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton ! |
| 6 | stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you |
| 7 | Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks . |
| 8 | Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks . |
| 9 | I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries . |
| 10 | mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest |
| 11 | I mean getting a job on the land ? ’ |
| 12 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 13 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
| 14 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 15 | I 'm , I 'm an alternative medicine practitioner and I tend to get a lot of people who are depressed coming to see me , people who have been through the normal routes |
| 16 | Er being an agriculturalist rather than a planner I tend to get a bit confused by higher planning semantics of the difference between strict control and presumption against not normally . |
| 17 | I find it quite ghastly being at home and not working — I LONG to get a job , and meantime , YOUR FATHER and I must be careful about money as the State only gives me £40 a week for everything including local tax ( POLL TAX ) , heating , food , gas , electricity and phone and so on . |
| 18 | ‘ I tried to get a £1,000 overdraft from my bank , but they tried to make me take out a lot of loans . |
| 19 | And that was the day after ( heart going bang-the-big-bass-drum 'cos I knew what they 'd say ) I tried to get a word in edgeways when they finally fixed my GCSE options . |
| 20 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 21 | I tried to get a lift from every vehicle that passed , but Oliver only stuck out his thumb at cars he really wanted to ride in , and sometimes even scowled at drivers whose cars he disapproved of . |
| 22 | Yesterday , after that tearful reunion with my suitcase , I tried to get a negro hand-slapping thing going with Felix . |
| 23 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 24 | Like , do n't tell me that I tried to get a . |
| 25 | Well , I tried to get a video cos I wa I wanted to use this section to actually watch it . |
| 26 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
| 27 | I want to get a book . ’ |
| 28 | I want to get a dedication on your overseas channel . |
| 29 | I 'm leaving school soon and I want to get a fairly good report , you know . ’ |
| 30 | " Hazel , " said Fiver suddenly , " I want to get a clear idea of this Silverweed , but I dare n't go closer by myself . |