Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiction was that Nate had instructed Mueller to arrange to get Sanders down there quickly , when he had done no such thing . |
| 2 | A single mother I met in Sheffield has got housing , but in a Dickensian block of flats , on the fifth floor , with no lift , a damp kitchen , bathroom and hall where the wallpaper seems to stand up only out of inertia because it is n't sticking to the walls . |
| 3 | Marcus has got loads of ideas going through his head |
| 4 | And I , I personally believe that , I personally believe that Colin has got ability if we exploit it . |
| 5 | Even when Vronsky tried to get Anna to re-enter society , she suffered more from loneliness and her situation just got worse as she got deeper and deeper into the role of a fallen woman . |
| 6 | So when , for example , Pooh goes to get honey from the cupboard where he believes it is , he need n't be aware of having that belief . |
| 7 | Er we had er buy a bucket of water campaign and we did erm er you know I , we went in local shops selling little stickers and it all went to and the wells have been dug and I believe Afghanistan has got wells that have been dug with , through the er Womens ' Guild . |
| 8 | Mr Edgar tried to get hold of the key , but she threw it quickly into the hottest part of the fire . |
| 9 | Allchin tried to get revenge by responding that if fairytales were true Jobs 's nose would have grown . |
| 10 | Now that Travis had got hold of the scent he would be like a bloodhound , and there was no knowing what Lori would inadvertently reveal . |
| 11 | Marie wanted to get Gazzer : she wanted to hurt him , as he had hurt others . |
| 12 | ‘ Alejandro 's got business in Buenos Aires . |
| 13 | Towards the end of his life Edward attempted to get Winchelsey deprived of Canterbury , but he had to settle for his suspension . |
| 14 | Er , well both Robert and David have got Volvos , so |
| 15 | Marie 's got loads of friends , and they all came to say goodbye . |
| 16 | My mum reckons Frankie Howerd 's got Aids . |
| 17 | Well they should n't do cos cos Richard 's got Sarah . |
| 18 | Georgina 's got friends in high places . ’ |
| 19 | We 've got this squat , see , in Gloucester — well , we did have it , but the council took it back — but Vince has got friends in Tewkesbury , they 'll know about places , and that 's where we were going when I fell ill . ’ |
| 20 | Stoke City manager Lou Macari said afterwards : ‘ I did n't see it but there was an incident and Lee Sandford has got stitches in his cheek . |
| 21 | Nigel has got nerve . |
| 22 | It invariably ended with Uncle Titch pretending to get cross with the clown on stilts and chasing him along the street on his fat little legs and trying to kick him up the bum and falling over backwards . |
| 23 | The Youngs managed to get replacement traveller 's cheques to buy clothes and continued their fly-drive holiday . |
| 24 | Annie and Tessa went to get coffee and a sandwich . |
| 25 | So that he ca n't see what 's going on , cos she thinks if he do n't see what 's going on he wo n't bark , but he cries but I mean she should n't have them there , she 's never here so she should n't have them , I mean look at the trouble Alan had to get Jessie , because they worked , but Emma goes home every lunch time to see to Jessie from the bank , but I mean the woman one of them would n't let her have a dog , one kennels , which is how it should be , but I mean this one breed those three herself so , yeah I mean if you breed dogs yourself and you have three in the house of the same breed , what the hell do you want an alsatian for , as well but the whole point is she do n't have them as enjoyment , she do n't have them as company |
| 26 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 27 | To her mind , these proved conclusively that Marius had decided to change his will in her favour , and that Nigel had got wind of this and forestalled his father 's plans by killing him . |
| 28 | Alan 's got problems . |
| 29 | Well , not to so long , er , I was going to Hampshire 's to get bread , and as I was going in , and this fellow was coming out , he hands with me . |
| 30 | Christopher 's got homework to do . |