Example sentences of "[vb base] have get [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As in the case of the sauropod dinosaurs they seem to have got bigger and bigger during the Cretaceous — some of these later pterosaurs are supposed to have had wing spans exceeding lo metres , which would make them almost comparable to a man-made glider . |
2 | ‘ I 'll adjust the curtains — they seem to have got all rucked up , ’ she said . |
3 | We seem to have got one spare video if we do n't get it watched before Wednesday . |
4 | When Janice and Ken are n't snapping at each other ( a level of conflict they seem to have got used to ) , they are snappy at the three children . |
5 | ‘ I 'm doing some work on optical lenses with a high refractive index and I seem to have got some … er … thallium on my sandwiches … ’ |
6 | The interesting thing has been that each time we have revised the strategy we have been partially right , but it has only been as a result of a whole series of revisits , reorganizations and reassessments , as well as changing people , perspectives and systems , that we seem to have got enough right to be able to fight our corner . |
7 | You know in Science yeah , you know has got one of them . |
8 | ‘ I sort 've got stuck in the '70s . |
9 | Erm you know I like Georgian and I like a lot of other architecture but that I think has got tremendous character . |
10 | And no one else I think has got any fenestrals . |
11 | Er we do have to get involved with the community and we just find ourselves drawn into the community without any real problems . |
12 | Making a sound in his throat , he turned his head away , then said , ‘ Funny thing , but neither am I ; yet I 've had to get used to it ; ’ and on this he went out , leaving Millie looking at the big fat woman and feeling she must make conversation : ‘ It 's a beautiful morning , ’ she said . |
13 | When you 're arguing about the money to be spend on repairs , and for example the reason why we 've had to get strict budgetary control on the amount of money which is being spent on repairs , is because that money all comes out of tenants ' rents , and it 's basically a balance — if we want to increase the erm numbers and the standard of repairs that we offer as a landlord , then it has to be met by a further increase in rents , and we think we 've got the balance about right at the moment . |