Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consultancies all lose clients so they must keep getting new ones . |
| 2 | I should have to get other opinions but I 'd guess they would fetch a good deal of money at auction . |
| 3 | On the Lord Chancellor 's own figures , over 30% of those who should have got legal aid next year will now lose it . |
| 4 | Might have got old M O T. |
| 5 | He was not told that socio-economic circumstances meant that he could expect to get bad examination results . |
| 6 | I 'd like to get nice things but I ca n't . |
| 7 | ‘ He 'd have got lost ages before we did . |
| 8 | I have never heard of anybody , apart from people who may hope to get good jobs in these bogus new regional authorities , who , thrilled by a weird kind of socialist local patriotism , longs for the day when the flag of the East Midland Region is raised over the Great Roundabout of Retford , or the parliament of the West Midland Region holds its inaugural meeting at Telford New Town . |
| 9 | Depending on the particular system used , patients would only be permitted to seek treatment from ‘ approved ’ or ‘ contracted ’ suppliers or would have to get prior agreement from their home authority to seek treatment elsewhere . |
| 10 | Her hair would have got blonde streaks in it from the sun . |
| 11 | By the mid-sixties , you see , a large proportion of homes would have got fitted carpeting throughout , so there 's that kind of difference . |
| 12 | She would have been eligible for and would have got local authority accommodation . |
| 13 | ‘ I shall have to get extra waiters , order the food , prepare the wine , get musicians — ’ |
| 14 | Dealers would try to get other dealers sacked from rival firms , even if they had worked with them once . |
| 15 | If it was a girl , she would throw the " " " hole thing away , put on her hat and away she would go to get other work . |
| 16 | ‘ We will have to get other people to write for us because it 's going to be more than 100 pages . ’ |
| 17 | I know that I will continue to get great pleasure from simply looking at this beautiful image . |
| 18 | Our existing residents will continue to get social security funding for their rent and we assume that we will still get grants from the health authority and social services for our running costs . |
| 19 | COMMERCIAL rose growers are praying for rain so they can start getting bare-root plants out of the ground and away to customers . |