Example sentences of "[verb] get a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor has n't he ? |
| 2 | Ours , ours has got a bigger garden . |
| 3 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 4 | In the UK it is easy to form the impression that if you tried to get a closer look at something like this someone in a uniform would break both of your legs . |
| 5 | By comparing objects in museums with those mentioned in inventories or seen in old drawings and photographs , we expect to get a fuller picture of domestic life in Scotland than we can find in any one source alone . |
| 6 | He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display . |
| 7 | My first impressions were an exciting mixture of scenes that seemed familiar but were so different in detail : I could n't wait to get a closer look at it all ! |
| 8 | ‘ Who ? ’ asked the Sheikh and rose to get a better look . |
| 9 | The priest had risen to get a better view . |
| 10 | But Ven , who must be feeling drained from his labours , had just stated that he would be ready to discuss the interview soon — she somehow knew then that she was not going to get a better offer from him than that . |
| 11 | But you 're going to get a wider latitude and difference of i of of strength of economy by bringing in the eastern bloc in the short term . |
| 12 | Several of the men in the street turned to get a better look at her and I could appreciate their point of view . |
| 13 | We suggest that the first-born child tends to get a bigger party and more presents than subsequent children . |
| 14 | However , this is no reason for despair since it is by examining and measuring the relationship between indicators that researchers can begin to get a better idea of what are good and what are poor indicators . |
| 15 | Most corporate buyers we spoke to agreed that B A's doing deals much like those from other airlines , indeed Merrel-Lynch said they 'd just dropped B A having got a better deal elsewhere . |
| 16 | ‘ She died in our midst six weeks later having got a swifter visa to eternity than we have to South Africa but we know she goes with us in spirit and will help our endeavours far more powerfully from above , ’ said Sister Bernadette . |
| 17 | We were this time last year , and we ve got a better squad this time around ( and indeed than that which won the league ) . |
| 18 | The cat must have got a bigger shock . |
| 19 | You should have got a bigger size in n it Dawn ? |
| 20 | Pity you were n't a captain , then you 'd have got a bigger disability pension . ’ |
| 21 | The 39-year-old Briton could not have got a better start to his new career with the Indycar team owned by Paul Newman and Carl Haas , but now has every driver on his tail . |
| 22 | ‘ I may have got a better deal by moving to Australia , and I still have ambitions to play there . |
| 23 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 24 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 25 | I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months . |
| 26 | It it does concern me , Chairman , David , Councillor Morbey has just said , I would have made noises , and I would have attempted to get a better settlement . |
| 27 | B-R has told Margaret Wilkinson that if she wants to go by rail she 'll have to get a narrower wheelchair . |
| 28 | Staff were asked to rate their overall impression of the Back Office system but , as can be see from the branch perception graph , at the beginning of this year the measure was split to get a clearer understanding of branches ' perception of availability and response times . |
| 29 | Preferably yes , it 's much easier to mark it , and I must say , research , research shows , that a clearly typed essay does tend to get a better mark . |
| 30 | Non-fundholders wait ten months for some outpatient appointments , fundholders can bring the consultant to the surgery to see the patient within a couple of weeks ; this of course helps to get a quicker place on the operation waiting list . |