Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meiko Scientific Plc , Bristol has been getting a bit of stick in the US press following its sale of one of its massively parallel systems to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under a $15m agreement : complainants say the order should have gone to a US firm and not to a UK one ; Meiko repudiates ‘ the damaging impressions ’ created in a New York Times story on the order , saying that it was consistent with US national security policies and procedures with support provided by cleared US citizens ; it bridles at the suggestion that the machine is unproven , pointing to over 400 installations , and says the Israeli transaction was in compliance with both US and British export regulations and that this was confirmed by the British Embassy in Washington . |
| 2 | For the past few months my husband , who 's 43 and a smoker , has been getting a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach , which he 's been ‘ curing ’ with a glass of milk . |
| 3 | Especially as he has been getting a rough deal from some sections of the crowd . |
| 4 | He will be aware , bearing in mind the other pressures we have on the budget this year , how difficult it has been to get a higher priority for roads . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ Oh — I was just wondering , you know , because my skin 's been getting a little dry recently . ’ |
| 6 | then they stop her this tax what she owes them all , well she 's been getting a hundred and forty seven |