Example sentences of "[prep] get [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog .
2 she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that
3 Opal Fruits and things like that I could of got them that but of course a great big bag of Minstrels , you could n't just let them rummage through that , so what I done I took a couple of handfuls out and put them in here
4 Well I 'm sure that we could of got it free through erm Suffolk Wild Life Trust and it
5 No , but he might of got it wrong you do n't know that .
6 oh should of got you some more fromage frais Michael , oh I was looking at them as well was n't I ?
7 You should ask them both questions on the card , that way we 've got a better chance of getting them bloody card for yourself in n it ?
8 You may yet find a way of getting them both .
9 At that time the young ferrets are being handled regularly and this process of getting them accustomed to human touch and handling continues through every cleaning-out stage .
10 Because of the difficulties of getting it all together , the chairperson or co-ordinator has a key part to play ( see Chairing meetings on page 28 ) .
11 The mental strain of trying to concentrate on it with small children is considerable , and so is the physical strain of getting it all home .
12 Another watch over , another day of getting it right .
13 Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right .
14 We only learn and grow by trying out new experiences , new ways of being , by reaching for the future — yet many of us are terrified of getting it wrong .
15 The problem of generalization is a serious one in most of psychology but is particularly poignant in psychobiology because of the damaging consequences of getting it wrong .
16 That year saw England 's famous World Cup victory , and James Cossins recalled ‘ the difficulty of getting us all out of the wardrobe at the Duke of York 's — the only room with a TV set — in time for curtain up on the second house on the Saturday night that England won , and the fact that the cast were almost too hoarse to get to the end of the play .
17 Now Jean was pleased because I do sequence dancing which I learnt with my husband , and so now this coming September when we start back again , once a month I 'm going to teach some sequence dancing in the hope that some young ones would , will hear of it and , and join because then once you can sort of get them involved with one thing you may sort of get good numbers .
18 thanks Elaine , for getting me that .
19 ‘ Then thank you for getting me any work at ail . ’
20 My right hon. Friend will recognise that mine counter-measures is a hazardous undertaking — the penalty for getting it wrong is a very large bang and lots of little bits .
21 Earl Siward said , ‘ You ca n't blame churchmen for getting it wrong .
22 Yet he is required to hand over his children 's future to the ‘ non-ideological ’ market forces he thinks are largely responsible for getting us all into this mess in the first place .
23 It was almost worth getting her another to see if she could stand up afterwards .
24 With the diving you 've got a few decisions to make — some things to avoid , some personal choice — and it 's worth getting it right .
25 Stella was torn between getting it right and being manhandled by Meredith .
26 Sonia Heywood , assistant director ( child care ) for Wiltshire SSD , expressed some of her staff 's worries about getting it wrong and mishandling the whole issue .
27 This man also promised to see about getting us some magazines and a radio .
28 Now , erm my Right Honourable Friend is very keen to see these alterations which we ha which he has proposed erm become erm to take effect , because he thinks that they are right and because a great deal of effort has gone into get it right .
29 ‘ Well , you might have told me you were a quintuple amputee before getting me all excited . ’
30 You do n't think about anything else apart from getting it right in front of the cameras . ’
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