Example sentences of "[Wh pn] get a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | That means Newry 's Errol Lutton , who got a late call to Poland after Ger Burns had to withdraw through injury , keeps his place , a further chance to establish himself as a regular in the international set-up . |
2 | First there had been the stone tubs on the forecourt , a constant temptation to vandals who got a more than commonly satisfying kick from ravishing these particular flowers . |
3 | The main purchaser was Mr ( not yet Lord ) Roy Thomson , who got a national foothold through The Sunday Times . |
4 | At least , this is the case for the driver , who gets a sexy wrap-around binnacle containing all the controls , dials and readouts he needs . |
5 | The prospects of other EC nationals voting in European and local elections in France , and Brussels deciding who gets a French visa , have pushed the National Front campaign into turbo-charge . |
6 | ‘ Many spend two years in the sixth form and get nothing at all , and it is hard for people who get a low grade at A-level to realise they have actually done very well . ’ |
7 | The Minister of State spoke about overcrowding and the cost of adding a supervision requirement to the new sentence ; with Mayhew , in a phrase that was to gain increasing currency on the Conservative benches , pronouncing that whereas a great many people who get a suspended sentence , and their friends , think that they have got away with their crime , the effect of ‘ a short , sharp and I hope , nasty taste of prison ’ would linger on . |
8 | Shoppers who get a raw deal can write to an ombudsman |