Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] get a [noun sg] " 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 I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries .
3 One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton !
4 stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you
5 I mean getting a job on the land ? ’
6 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 .
7 Er being an agriculturalist rather than a planner I tend to get a bit confused by higher planning semantics of the difference between strict control and presumption against not normally .
8 I 'm , I 'm an alternative medicine practitioner and I tend to get a lot of people who are depressed coming to see me , people who have been through the normal routes
9 I find it quite ghastly being at home and not working — I LONG to get a job , and meantime , YOUR FATHER and I must be careful about money as the State only gives me £40 a week for everything including local tax ( POLL TAX ) , heating , food , gas , electricity and phone and so on .
10 Well , I tried to get a video cos I wa I wanted to use this section to actually watch it .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Yesterday , after that tearful reunion with my suitcase , I tried to get a negro hand-slapping thing going with Felix .
14 In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time .
15 ‘ I want to be a novelist , but first I want to get a degree and ffeatherstonehaugh 's makes that possible . ’
16 I want to get a bit of
17 I want to get a bug in there .
18 I want to get a dedication on your overseas channel .
19 I want to get a book . ’
20 I mean obviously I want to get a job to get start getting money erm to own my own car is gon na involve money .
21 And I 'd got a board with all the numbers on and hooks you see ?
22 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 !
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 I 'd got a baby — forty-two hours in labour , but I 'd finally got a baby .
26 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 .
27 A little while ago it come too much for me cos I 'd got a lot to pay .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 If I 'd got a seat on the back of my bicycle Amy could have gone on my bicycle .
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