Example sentences of "gets [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gets eight francs ( 80 pence ) per pair . |
| 2 | He gets eight hours sleep in three minutes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ He gets pissed and he does n't — ’ She started to cry , weakly . |
| 5 | I can imagine him being one of these , these , these er husbands who just want , who want , who will want to go out with the lads on his night out and will get , you know , he 's a , he 's ste I can imagine him being one of these stereotypical husbands who goes out , gets pissed , comes back , who wants the dinner on the table and |
| 6 | Finger Slapping This finger slaps into that one as wrist gets sloppy |
| 7 | Hillhouse lab gets prestigious NAMAS stamp of approval |
| 8 | To the west it gets narrow quickly , then there 's a big bulge where the river runs in , at Tandown Primary School , then it ends fairly sharply . ’ |
| 9 | It gets that cold at nights … . |
| 10 | As Uncle John was often heard to remark , ‘ I wonder who she gets that from . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That , ’ he said , ‘ will make it growl — it will fight a lion if it gets that down it . ’ |
| 12 | We also run a Hi-Watt 50 amp through a Marshall Emulator ; that goes through the direct send in the rack to the desk , so the sound man out front gets that as well as the mics on Bryan 's two Vox amps . |
| 13 | ‘ And then Grant gets that primeval male thing and he thinks he should be doing more . |
| 14 | 007 gets that sinking feeling |
| 15 | A BIT PODGY Fergie gives her thighs a pat … and gets that sinking feeling as her hand carries on plunging into rolls of flesh . |
| 16 | Ah yes ; likely it is from the mother that the child gets that air she possesses … |
| 17 | What about some sort of sticker that she gets that can use the use of her period of time another idea to around . |
| 18 | It would seem that erm i it was n't in the interests of one 's ultimate reproductive success to be too easily satisfied too much of the time because remember , it 's a question of relative reproductive success an and the individual that gets that little extra is is effectively gon na be , gon na be the one selected , so yes I would think that erm it 's probably naive to think that natural selection would , would make you feel er satisfied and content all the time it would probably induce erm a state of mild chronic discontent which is I think what most people actually experience in life |
| 19 | Religion deserves a fair hearing , and effective RE will see that it gets that . |
| 20 | I , I do n't know where he gets that figure from . |
| 21 | Er , she gets that for every ten pounds she 's got to spend , so you multiply it by three point eight , yes ? |
| 22 | She 's got thirty seven pounds ninety eight to spend , she gets that amount for every ten pounds , so you want to know how many ten pounds there are in thirty seven ninety eight , so you can write it out as a division sum or you can just move the decimal point . |
| 23 | Everything else is alright it 's just that he gets that frustrated |
| 24 | If she gets that out of it . |
| 25 | Andy gets that . |
| 26 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
| 27 | Well I wonder where he gets that from ? |
| 28 | That gets that gets involved in other things do n't it ? |
| 29 | What , make sure no one gets that plate , I 'll do Anthony one , shall we ? |
| 30 | But they say the fish gets that 's one one of the symptoms it gets very bloated out . |