Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DeFries gave everyone money to get winter coats when he decided it gets cold in the United States . |
| 2 | The U.S. Consul became responsible for our wellbeing but it was fourteen days or more before my parents got word of my survival after being reported missing on 21 May . ’ |
| 3 | What a mess there was to clean up , and I had to hit the cooking pot with my chopper to get Tony 's head out . |
| 4 | Unless my husband gets money pretty soon I will be forced to lead an immortal life . |
| 5 | MY husband got PMT in a bad way this morning … |
| 6 | And it 's true , I 've seen my husband get water and wash it out well and er put powder and that because , and yet you should n't , you see they were n't safe really but they was that poor love they had to . |
| 7 | ‘ It was terrible , ’ he said , ‘ my children were taunted at school with ‘ your father is a fixer ’ and my wife got reactions going shopping . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It was my turn to get Marcus 's this year . |
| 9 | My dad got Phil a big case of beers . |
| 10 | Durrell took a slug of whisky and broke into an immediate ‘ I 'm not able to begin ‘ ta / praise the wondrous Araminta /I would like to say with flourish /what kind thoughts of her I nourish /A tangle though my thoughts get inta / describing love as Araminta ’ . |
| 11 | He pays the small amount and in fact I keep on meaning at the back of my brain to get hold of him and say has he been paying it . |
| 12 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |
| 13 | I woke before six and dressed in casual uniform and went to my office to get things ready for the day . |
| 14 | Hunt supporters say it 's a victory for democracy — anti hunt campaigners have vowed to continue their fight to get hunting banned . |
| 15 | Unless the Greenwich judgment is overturned , parents in Greenwich and other neighbouring boroughs — once they see how good and how well our schools perform — will be even more enthusiastic in their attempts to get places in Bexley schools . |
| 16 | Outside Um Al-Farajh as she fled , she had met her brother-in-law Mohamed , who had a car , and he returned briefly to her home to get blankets and clothes for the children . |
| 17 | Two people who were sacked eight years ago from the Government Communications Headquarters for refusing to leave their trade union , are continuing their campaign to get union rights reinstated . |
| 18 | In Scotland she was known for her " push " , her ability to spark off ideas in those with a similar mental agility , her determination to get things done . |
| 19 | SERBIA agreed yesterday to try to persuade rebel Serbs in neighbouring Bosnia to let a UN relief convoy through their lines to get supplies to starving Muslims , a UN spokesman said . |
| 20 | A CB radio fan has revived her campaign to get toilet and washing facilities for lorry drivers in a Darlington car park . |
| 21 | As someone who came through the state school system and benefited from the investment that previous taxpayers spent on our schools , I believe that it is vital that today 's children and their parents get value for money from the present state school system . |
| 22 | It was their job to get results , but they left it to others to act on the research findings . |
| 23 | ‘ They used their failure to get sponsorship as an excuse to get out , ’ says Mario with understandable bitterness , and what hurt him most was that they strung him along until well into 1976 , despite the fact that he could easily have had another drive . |
| 24 | The firm reacted to their failure to get membership by hard selling in its most ruthless way . |
| 25 | The only other reason Miranda could think of for her failure to get Adam to the altar was her success ; she knew that while many women were attracted to a man by his status , many men saw a successful businesswoman as a direct competitor . |
| 26 | and that 's put on and if , we say for argument sake that er she was married , we know she 's not , but she could be and her banns are in and her husband gets wind that she 's getting married again , you know , so he goes into the registrar office has a look , and she 's already married to me and this is what it 's for |
| 27 | The prince used to tease her about her efforts to get people taught to read and write ; it became a household joke , Constanza joining with her father , though she herself was much taken by Fabian Socialism as a girl . |
| 28 | As well as their skills in construction , birds demonstrate considerable technical ingenuity in their efforts to get food . |
| 29 | Party bosses , nicknamed ‘ The Syndicate ’ , decided to make her prime minister , expecting to manipulate her while using her name to get votes . |
| 30 | The urge to translate her emotions into some tangible piece of artwork made her itch to get pencil to paper . |