Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [adv] get " in BNC.

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1 ‘ However , I believe it is one of the few jobs where you actually get recognition for what you do .
2 Yours , where one automatically gets the two interpretations : ‘ consider them ’ ( i.e. think about them ) , ‘ they are yours ’ , and ‘ Consider them yours ’ .
3 There were no A-levels or 0-levels and although I once got a hearty handshake for my English book from a kindly Mr. Pickering at Abbeydale School , I seemed to get the cane for almost everything else .
4 So someone actually got into the hospital ? ’
5 I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’
6 I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops .
7 I get into habits very easily , you see , so I soon got into the habit of coming here every night for dinner . ’
8 I 'd run , and no one caught me , so I never got walloped or anything .
9 And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time .
10 Once I actually got inside the privacy of the polling booth , a wave of doubt came over me .
11 Although she usually got on well with children , she found Hilary heavy going .
12 It sounds like it was bought new , so you probably got a guarantee with it from the manufacturer .
13 ‘ Ah , Mr Devlin , so you finally got here ? ’
14 So you never got divorced ? ’
15 Max Factor Mousse gives you ninety applications in pre-measured amounts so you never get too much .
16 Each car behaves differently so you never get tired of using the program .
17 That OR play a team like Aston Villa home or away as they try and win whatever … so you always get open games .
18 because people are dissatisfied with the treatment and they 're paying for that treatment and they 're dissatisfied , so you always get complaints whether you pay or not
19 you see so you actually get that .
20 And you may find treating the pain in the day means it 's not so bad at night so you actually get more sleep anyway .
21 Well that 's ten to six coming up , so you better get ready for Dawn 's mum .
22 It takes you bleeding ages to start up so you definitely got to have exercise with your legs .
23 By the way , It looks like they 've improved the ticket line a bit , there is now a queueing system which you get held on , so you now get through after about an hour rather than 3 , and then hold on in the queue for the other two hours : - )
24 although we never get invited back
25 It costs us more to collect it than we actually get in .
26 Our pens were collected up at the end of each session , so we never got the same pen twice , resulting in the nibs being frequently crossed .
27 I do n't know , it was just a novelty , we 'd never ever , I remember an , an aunt of ours that lived in Plymouth near us , she had a house with an upstairs , but she had a downstairs toilet , so we never got to go upstairs you know it 's just one of those stupid things I suppose , I , I thought it was great and another attraction was I think one of the main reasons you got us to really want to come to Harlow was the fact that we 'd have a television
28 ‘ But they always arrived dead on time so we never got on , ’ said Mr Kelly .
29 Of the £8 , the branch has to send £4 to the National Childbirth Trust HQ to support the work of the national charity , so we only get the remainder to spend on 's breastfeeding counsellor training , Penny 's antenatal teacher training , newsletter production & mailing , our post-natal support network , expenses for members who sit on the Birmingham Maternity Services Committee and the Community Health Council etc. etc …
30 And the other thing is that once we actually get into the discussion session , if you want to ask a question or make a point , then if you just put your name board up on end then I c I 'll see whether you want you know , who wants to speak .
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