Example sentences of "[pers pn] can get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I need extra manpower until I can get spare staff over from London . |
| 2 | I hope I can get plain sewing work enough where I need not spoil my fingers , but if I ca n't , I hope to mae my hands as red as blood pudding and as hard as a beechen trencher to accommodate them to my condition . |
| 3 | And she had one or two hires including higher art and then somebody said oh that would be good for the P R department is looking for staff so she now is doing a superb job running a marketing operation , editing an internal newspaper it all herself and erm all of that I taught her , now I want to move her on to the stage where she can get professional recognition for this , now that is what I call an absolute beginner |
| 4 | So I mean if she can get set nights , she wo n't get in this term anyway I presume all the places will have gone . |
| 5 | Finally , you can get cement-based wall paint ( Snowcem ) in the form of a powder you mix with water , which is applied with a roller or synthetic bristle brush , and gives a coarse-textured finish . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ says Ayles , ‘ you can get surprising results . |
| 7 | You can get international directory enquiries on hash 6 as well , that 's in the book , and I think you can get the international operator . |
| 8 | If you 're careful , you can get fantastic quality out of 35mm . |
| 9 | This means you can get professional help any time of the day or night , and at weekends . |
| 10 | You can get separate sensors to wire up to an existing exterior light or you can buy security lights with a built-in sensor . |
| 11 | Usually , I know exactly what I want , but it is much better if you can get other people to do it and let them take the credit . |
| 12 | No , they do , but you can get good ones now ca n't you ? |
| 13 | Frieda suggests that you can get great results in a minimum amount of time by remembering this fact . |
| 14 | Erm just to digress , you 've got well known airlines er such as Tarob of Rumania where you can get cheap flights with them virtually anywhere except ironically to Rumania |
| 15 | Smith 's monopoly has a bookstall there ; you can get cheap Kipling and Harmsworth to any extent and yet it is a theme for English idylls . |
| 16 | You can get Roman glass for example Roman glass f erm pottery erm glass vessels erm which are incredibly thin , the the glass is as thin as light bulbs , and that survives erm two thousand years . |
| 17 | you can get brilliant bargains on food you know that ? |
| 18 | You can get similar value from Isabelle Allende 's Of Love and Shadows which gives a vivid picture of what it is like to be on the wrong end of the dictatorial boot in Chile . |
| 19 | Oh you can get small ones . |
| 20 | You can get extra benefit if you : — |
| 21 | You see , a lot of the clichés about me are true and for real , it 's just in the end you can get tired talking about the same things . ’ |
| 22 | You can get confidential help from your GP or local Genito-Urinary Medicine clinic . |
| 23 | You can get confidential help from your GP or local Genito-Urinary Medicine clinic . |
| 24 | They will be conscious of the camera but if this is something they normally do , and if you handle the occasion unobtrusively , allowing some run-in time for everyone to settle down , you can get useable examples of language in action . |
| 25 | Make sure that you find out where you can get real help . |
| 26 | Save literally hundreds of pounds — the only other way you can get live weather charts of this quality is from a dedicated weatherfax receiver costing around £2000 ! |
| 27 | and , and , er of course that the commission looked at this as er , er , as a question to be looked at in the context of the market and of all facts , but they said you , if you want restrictions you can be sure that we wo n't give you any exemption for them , so you 'd better remove every single solitary objection , objec er restriction that we identify , that 's why at the end of the day they got er , it was a very , very strict approach by the commission , you can have nothing which is acceptable , you can get negative clearance but you 've got to be cleaner than clean , whiter than white , so remove every possible restriction . |
| 28 | You know that you 've got , the fact that you can get current statements at the press of a button from July onwards , we should be able to say that means that on the teams that have n't got ta control the work going round to quotes and back again , having it typed and back again , |
| 29 | We used to use a sort of doily to go round them , but now you can get washable plastic lace by the yard , which lasts much better . |
| 30 | If a problem does arise , you can get sympathetic help and advice from the appropriate bodies or authorities . |