Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] get a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
2 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
3 | ‘ I tried to get a £1,000 overdraft from my bank , but they tried to make me take out a lot of loans . |
4 | Well , I tried to get a video cos I wa I wanted to use this section to actually watch it . |
5 | And that was the day after ( heart going bang-the-big-bass-drum 'cos I knew what they 'd say ) I tried to get a word in edgeways when they finally fixed my GCSE options . |
6 | I tried to get a lift from every vehicle that passed , but Oliver only stuck out his thumb at cars he really wanted to ride in , and sometimes even scowled at drivers whose cars he disapproved of . |
7 | Yesterday , after that tearful reunion with my suitcase , I tried to get a negro hand-slapping thing going with Felix . |
8 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
9 | And I 'd got a board with all the numbers on and hooks you see ? |
10 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
11 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |
12 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
13 | I 'd got a baby — forty-two hours in labour , but I 'd finally got a baby . |
14 | Well no , no I , I , I 'd got a cycle and er the money was very useful to us cos er my husband , he worked on the , on the top of at Parcel he could n't go down , they were n't allowed underneath er because he wore glasses , anyone wearing glasses they were n't allowed underground you see and they had to work on what they call on the surface , and of course the wages were n't , were n't much and er I was glad to go out to work and er and I , I eventually I had a cycle and I used to cycle to Squires and back you know , and erm it was , it was very very useful indeed the money I , I , I earned there . |
15 | A little while ago it come too much for me cos I 'd got a lot to pay . |
16 | I 'd got a lot of autographs ; Kenny Lynch , Gareth Hunt , that bloke who used to be in The Sweeney , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Rachael Heyhoe-Flint . |
17 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
18 | If I 'd got a seat on the back of my bicycle Amy could have gone on my bicycle . |
19 | I 'd got a job . |
20 | I 'm still friends with my tutor , and she was really pleased when I told her I 'd got a job . |
21 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
22 | I 'd got a stripe pretty quickly but lacked another qualification for the duties the colonel , doubtless a frustrated journalist himself , had mapped out for me . |
23 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
24 | Perhaps it was while watching the faces , that I began to get a mirror of my own doubts . |
25 | I decided to get a bit of height and do a gentle dive with power off and I made a rather ham-fisted upward climb in the hope that I could jolt the wheel down . |
26 | Then I started to get a feeling that the Lord was going to move me from my present job . |
27 | ‘ But I managed to get a shilling for the horsehair chair , with the bed thrown in . ’ |
28 | I managed to get a leave roster for you all . |
29 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
30 | I managed to get a charity bursary , which allowed me to take a degree at London University . |