Example sentences of "[Wh pn] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For it was Protestants who got better jobs , who skipped the queue for houses , who made my father work on Christmas day when the union voted against the optional holiday — to keep the Papes in their place . |
2 | Harris still needed character , hard work and some spectacular court coverage to get him home by 1-9 , 6-9 , 9-4 , 9-2 , 9-3 against the local hero who got good support from the crowd to the bitter end . |
3 | The two other candidates were the Liphook potter , Ian Foster ( Green Party ) , who got 1,113 votes ( 1.2 percent ) and a retired railwayman from Buriton , Stan Hale , who obtained 165 votes as a Revolutionary Christian Communist candidate . |
4 | Hounslow 's David Hacker , who got both goals in the first match , opened the scoring yesterday after 10 minutes as Wales established quick control . |
5 | He had been picked out at an identification parade only after his photograph had been shown to the prosecution witnesses — three criminals who got shorter sentences for helping the police . |
6 | There is no doubt the staff member who got those flowers in a Dublin suburban branch protested and blushed and her heart beat with embarrassment . |
7 | Matilda said , ‘ There 's a boy down the road who got some Superglue on his finger without knowing it and then he put his finger to his nose . ’ |
8 | Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago , both 52 , had their song stolen by promoters who got massive royalties from versions by Diana Ross , The Beach Boys and Joni Mitchell . |
9 | This time , he does not expect to unseat the Tory incumbent , Mr Robert Adley , who got 35,656 votes in 1987 — against Labour 's 5,174 and the SDP 's 13,282 — but he does hope for a big swing to Labour . |
10 | At that time it was more erm easy to get Kuwait nationality , so we have Egyptians , we have Palestinians , we have Indians , we have Pakistanis , Iranians who got Kuwaiti nationality when it all started . |
11 | Well who gets cooked ham sandwiches ? |
12 | Perhaps he 'll come again tomorrow and then we could put a star for 3 , and the one who gets most stars , wins . ’ |
13 | And in a poll on who gets sexual satisfaction , British females are at the bottom . |
14 | Amiable and well-liked , he is basically a happy man who gets intense pleasure from his senses every day — from sunlight on his back , the scent of fresh coffee and the company of others . |
15 | Competition is good for taxpayers who get better value for their money . |
16 | For example , if society believes workers should be democratically represented on firms ' boards of directors , it also should be recognized that additional costs of democracy are to be borne by someone : shareholders who get lower profits , workers who get lower wages , customers who pay higher prices , or taxpayers . |
17 | For example , if society believes workers should be democratically represented on firms ' boards of directors , it also should be recognized that additional costs of democracy are to be borne by someone : shareholders who get lower profits , workers who get lower wages , customers who pay higher prices , or taxpayers . |
18 | His father Mr Keith Worby said tonight : The people I blame are the ones who get young people to go along to make up numbers . |
19 | I wonder just how it is that the Daily Sport can advertise and sell Love Hearts , while youths who get caught selling counterfeit Es get arrested and charged with deception or ‘ going equipped to cheat ’ ? |
20 | Singer Sebastien Bach , at No. 22 with Youth Gone Wild , says : ‘ I wanted kids to know it was n't just junkies or gays who get that disease . |
21 | It 's people like that who get other people killed on the roads ! |
22 | You knew a river stone had been used to kill Hatton and today you , who get twenty pounds a week and never have a penny to bless yourself with , spent a hundred and twenty quid on luxury equipment . |
23 | Er , I have people who get this set and then instantly reorder everything , plus everything else that 's available . |
24 | There 's to be a special er sweet or something , bar of chocolate for those who get these questions right . |
25 | Yeah so I reckon whoever 's doing this I , I bet whoever gets this tape , I bet there 's fighting over this tape ! |