Example sentences of "[verb] get a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I believe someone somewhere has got a good idea . |
| 2 | Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case . |
| 3 | It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor has n't he ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Who ? ’ asked the Sheikh and rose to get a better look . |
| 6 | And if you 'd got a good suit , you 'd take that , then fetch it out for the weekend , so they 'd looked decent , and when you took it back on Monday and he said I 'll have to drop you on that , Ah , so you wo n't this week . |
| 7 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
| 8 | We 'd got a good relationship with the council . ’ |
| 9 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 10 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 11 | I thought we 'd got a good team . |
| 12 | Jockey to get a good slot , forcing a gap to leeward where possible and not letting anyone sail over you to windward . |
| 13 | The priest had risen to get a better view . |
| 14 | I hear you 've got a good voice . ’ |
| 15 | If wished the dealer will then work to get a good price for the car , the benefit of which is passed on . |
| 16 | The answer to that will depend on their own performance , because persuading the other investors to part with a further 12 per cent of their equity will only be possible if they are going to get a good return on it . |
| 17 | And he took me home , er he gave me a good talking to , and tell me dad , cos me , I nearly , I got a good hiding , was going to get a good hiding from me dad , until this policeman says , do n't worry , he says er , you wo n't hear anything about it . |
| 18 | We 're not going to get a good preacher . |
| 19 | Mr Heseltine , seen by many Tory faithful as Margaret Thatcher 's assassin , was never going to get a good reception in his first post-coup party speech . |
| 20 | ‘ Still , looks like we 're going to get a good Summer . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Several of the men in the street turned to get a better look at her and I could appreciate their point of view . |
| 23 | So then it 's just a matter of waiting to get a good take , and if you do n't do it by take three , you do n't have any business doing it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In fact , they seem to get a good price for their equity , because they only sell when they sense that investors feel lucky . |
| 26 | They are distracted by the glamour and excitement of drugs and gangs ; they get little discipline at home ; they fail to connect getting a good job with finishing high school . |
| 27 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Now that 's partly due to having got a good result and performance , but more so because of the feeling of togetherness we now have in the squad . |
| 30 | We were this time last year , and we ve got a better squad this time around ( and indeed than that which won the league ) . |