Example sentences of "that gets " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say there are no great , there is no beautiful , there is only the thin filth of getting old , the thin layer of filth that gets to cover everything . |
| 2 | Well , I must admit there 's a bit of me that thrives slightly on the exam syndrome — something that gets the adrenalin flowing rather like ‘ first nights ’ . |
| 3 | It 's no porridge at breakfast that gets my goat . |
| 4 | While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself . |
| 5 | But the self that gets revealed in the novel 's action is a bundle of contradictions , like some people we know well . |
| 6 | Why is it only me that gets the rats ? |
| 7 | Some occupations are a better preparation for it than others , and journalism , fortunately , is a job that gets you used to taking what comes . |
| 8 | There 's something in Prince 's voice , an itch that gets right into my pants , a dead centre , a Numan drone . |
| 9 | It 's not so much the snow ; more the salt that gets strewn around . |
| 10 | In The Country : Outdoors : It 's mink that gets the blame Michael J. Woods feels that the declining vole faces more than one enemy |
| 11 | We may now represent the mental capacities of the cerebral hemispheres of an advanced organism in a simple model that gets us far closer to the condition of our own species ( Fig. 2. i ) . |
| 12 | It enables us to remove anything that gets in the way of our relationship with God . |
| 13 | PEOPLE GET EMOTIONAL UP MOUNTAINS , WHEN I SAY PEOPLE , I MEAN IT 'S me that gets emot1onal up mountains . |
| 14 | Kate obtains a copy of Sheila Kitzinger 's The New Good Birth Guide and Gordon Bourne 's Pregnancy and starts looking for a hospital that gets two stars and is nearby . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Sylvester , with these horses and those riders , anything that gets done at all will be a great deed . ’ |
| 16 | Very often it is this rod that gets a bite . |
| 17 | They will be a very few words because the prospectus has an increasingly difficult job of compressing into its allocated space all that has to be said about a University that gets bigger every year and that those of us who work in it are biased enough to think gets better every year . |
| 18 | Can Joan Halton , within the safety of marriage , dare to protest in a way that gets the protest heard in a way she was not able to do with her mother ? |
| 19 | One of the conservation groups that I wholeheartedly support is the Environmental Investigation Agency ( ETA ) , a small industrious organisation that gets effective results . |
| 20 | It 's a Sunday-school hymn , hardly the kind that gets requested on Songs of Praise , I should have thought . ’ |
| 21 | The other thing that gets blasted away tonight is the theory that Lee is hung up on writing ‘ that difficult 13th song ’ . |
| 22 | I do n't like everyone , but I do love them , although some days that gets altered 'cos you meet some wankers . ’ |
| 23 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 24 | The Macallan is a smooth , sumptuous whisky that gets its character and rich , dark amber colour from the sherry casks in which it is aged for at least ten years . |
| 25 | The creators describe the film as a ‘ boy-meets-girl story that gets a little wacky ’ . |
| 26 | I keep on changing it hoping to spark something off , but sometimes it 's not ability but competitive spirit that gets you results . |
| 27 | Then , knowing what we want the group to achieve , set a transfer price that gets each division to decide to operate at the volume we want . |
| 28 | And it 's a name that gets remembered and looks good in print . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Is it the papist meat that gets you going , Breakspear , is that it ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Hopefully , it will help to remove the awful stigma that gets in the way of people seeking treatment . ’ |