Example sentences of "[vb infin] get a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might consider getting a local electrician or TV repair man to take a look at these before sending the computer away for a specialist repair shop 's attention . |
| 2 | My first impressions were an exciting mixture of scenes that seemed familiar but were so different in detail : I could n't wait to get a closer look at it all ! |
| 3 | I think that er probably from what I hear , is the readier of the two er for a severer test , I think still somewhere short of full match fitness certainly , but er I know that er Mick can scarcely wait to get a hundred per cent , and have him bidding for contention . |
| 4 | How many of the hundreds of thousands of cells in each tiny brain region must one study to get a representative picture ? |
| 5 | I hear you 've got a good voice . ’ |
| 6 | I would 've got a black two eighty sleeper myself |
| 7 | Well we could 've got a second hand one , but I mean what I 'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get |
| 8 | When I began to be seen around camp with a new face , I was subjected to a lot of nudging and winking from those who did n't know the facts , and people came up to me with knowing smiles on their faces , saying , ‘ I see you 've got a new boyfriend ! |
| 9 | ‘ So glad to see you 've got a new sofa . |
| 10 | So on that very depressing note , er I 'll leave we 've got a few minutes for questions or objections if anyone wants to , we 've got some head shaking . |
| 11 | mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest |
| 12 | You see they 've got a short concentration . |
| 13 | So you see we , we 've got a three-tier movement you know , throughout the , throughout the country . |
| 14 | More recently local trade unionists and many of the members of our organization in Easington decided that to commemorate the , the occasion , they would work to get a new trade union banner for the Easington Trade Union Council and that 's the example and that 's the reward of their particular work a magnificent tribute to those pit men that died eighty one years ago , er forty two years ago . |
| 15 | If wished the dealer will then work to get a good price for the car , the benefit of which is passed on . |
| 16 | However , this is no reason for despair since it is by examining and measuring the relationship between indicators that researchers can begin to get a better idea of what are good and what are poor indicators . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like to get a listening device into Kemp 's home . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd like to get a little sleep tonight . ’ |
| 19 | Miranda said quietly , ‘ In that case , Adam , I 'd like to get a second legal opinion . ’ |
| 20 | You will not see vast amounts of fat lost in a day , but you will come to understand how your behaviour relates to your body weight , and you will also avoid getting a horrendous shock when you step on the scales . |
| 21 | In this way , you could hope to get a complete unified theory , one that would predict everything in the universe . |
| 22 | ‘ If she had married before she died , the sister would only have got a small legacy . |
| 23 | I 'd have got a nasty shock otherwise . |
| 24 | That was a great great left footed shot and could have got a nasty deflection , it 's luckily for Shrewsbury it went straight through everybody and er over for a goal kick . |
| 25 | Oh , good child , she teased herself , if only you 'd done this at school and art college , you 'd have got a first . |
| 26 | I could have got a nine to five job but I never wanted one . |
| 27 | The final sting in the tail , however , is that adding a decent keyboard to your Spectrum is , while adding to its usefulness , going to raise its price to a level where you 'd have got a decent keyboard included in the cost . |
| 28 | ‘ But , even if I had felt inclined to do so , there was no way I could have got a decent night 's rest on those small , short bunks next door . ’ |
| 29 | Pity you were n't a captain , then you 'd have got a bigger disability pension . ’ |
| 30 | The cat must have got a bigger shock . |