Example sentences of "[vb infin] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sound quality Do n't expect to get brilliant sound quality from a small speaker . |
| 2 | He was not told that socio-economic circumstances meant that he could expect to get bad examination results . |
| 3 | ‘ Hear you 've got great things going on over there . ’ |
| 4 | but again if you make a new will you 've got new dates on that problem is less likely to come about . |
| 5 | These floor mats see they 've got little screw in things . |
| 6 | Consultancies all lose clients so they must keep getting new ones . |
| 7 | I 'd like to get nice things but I ca n't . |
| 8 | French and Ukrainian , mathematics and chemistry bored him to the point of insanity ; only in music and English could he hope to get decent marks . |
| 9 | I have never heard of anybody , apart from people who may hope to get good jobs in these bogus new regional authorities , who , thrilled by a weird kind of socialist local patriotism , longs for the day when the flag of the East Midland Region is raised over the Great Roundabout of Retford , or the parliament of the West Midland Region holds its inaugural meeting at Telford New Town . |
| 10 | On the Lord Chancellor 's own figures , over 30% of those who should have got legal aid next year will now lose it . |
| 11 | By the mid-sixties , you see , a large proportion of homes would have got fitted carpeting throughout , so there 's that kind of difference . |
| 12 | ‘ He 'd have got lost ages before we did . |
| 13 | Her hair would have got blonde streaks in it from the sun . |
| 14 | She would have been eligible for and would have got local authority accommodation . |
| 15 | Erm , you may well have got different directories , for the different years . |
| 16 | Might have got old M O T. |
| 17 | Name of Consortium — should we try to get professional help with this ? |
| 18 | Dealers would try to get other dealers sacked from rival firms , even if they had worked with them once . |
| 19 | Depending on the particular system used , patients would only be permitted to seek treatment from ‘ approved ’ or ‘ contracted ’ suppliers or would have to get prior agreement from their home authority to seek treatment elsewhere . |
| 20 | I should have to get other opinions but I 'd guess they would fetch a good deal of money at auction . |
| 21 | ‘ We will have to get other people to write for us because it 's going to be more than 100 pages . ’ |
| 22 | Make it pleasant , you know , and have to do summat you know , just to make it have to get nice mirrors up on wall and |
| 23 | ‘ I shall have to get extra waiters , order the food , prepare the wine , get musicians — ’ |
| 24 | If it was a girl , she would throw the " " " hole thing away , put on her hat and away she would go to get other work . |
| 25 | Why , in other words , should we want to get true beliefs rather than false ones ? |
| 26 | COMMERCIAL rose growers are praying for rain so they can start getting bare-root plants out of the ground and away to customers . |
| 27 | If you do , on , if you 're in a negative cycle , and you do start getting positive reactions , if you 're lucky and recognise that , can they not turn the whole thing around ? |
| 28 | And , did continue to get professional help after that , but I think she was actually one of the factors that sent me further down , by telling me I looked well ! |
| 29 | I know that I will continue to get great pleasure from simply looking at this beautiful image . |
| 30 | Our existing residents will continue to get social security funding for their rent and we assume that we will still get grants from the health authority and social services for our running costs . |