Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My favourite is deep water running — you know , the exercise which gets odd looks from lifeguards . |
| 2 | No wonder you get adverse comments about that . |
| 3 | Harris still needed character , hard work and some spectacular court coverage to get him home by 1-9 , 6-9 , 9-4 , 9-2 , 9-3 against the local hero who got good support from the crowd to the bitter end . |
| 4 | From the management we get positive hinderance not support . |
| 5 | ‘ In return they get free copies of all magazines , a reduction in advertising rates , a certificate — and they are able to use the fact they support the trust in any of their own publicity . |
| 6 | I mean if you take the regulatory we did it with today that it consists of the Bank of England , the Securities and Investment Board , twenty four organisations of the S I B S , siblings you might call them er under it , the Building Societies Commission , the police , the serious fraud office , the Department of Trade and Industry , the London Stock Exchange , the Inland Revenue , five recognised supervisory bodies , all those dealing with er auditors and the others , it 's chaos er and nobody knows who is responsible for what and in that chaos you get overlapping decisions er er and conflicting regulations , everybody tries to ensure themselves by regulating too much er er and it 's a situation which drastically needs simplification , but we do n't have any proposals for strengthening and making that work er er frame work more effective , to back up er this er simple proposal today . |
| 7 | Er as you got older of course you got different meals , but as youngsters we ate a terrific amount of bread and jam . |
| 8 | ‘ As a character actor you get interesting parts , good money and enough time off to enjoy it . ’ |
| 9 | Just in case we got conflicting stories . ’ |
| 10 | I am worried that some people will see this as a mental health trust and I am very disappointed that the emphasis has been placed there and not on services such as the district nurse service which gets scanty coverage within the document . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I remember after we had had a big success at Covent Garden with Elektra he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Birgit , for the first time in my career I get good notices here in London ! ’ |
| 12 | This would seem to be unreasonably early considering that Scorton is a tourist area which gets large numbers of visitors on Bank Holidays . |
| 13 | Within another month or two he did The Rainbow which got enormous coverage , and within another month he was here getting ready for the first American tour . |
| 14 | ‘ After the game he got good critics by senior-manager Drillo himself : Frank was very good . |
| 15 | Of course they get covered mud and |
| 16 | Amiable and well-liked , he is basically a happy man who gets intense pleasure from his senses every day — from sunlight on his back , the scent of fresh coffee and the company of others . |
| 17 | His pockets were full of remarks to make , and a bottle of bismuth in case he got nervous indigestion . |
| 18 | It was so wonderful every time she kicked although towards the end I got terrible backache and I was so tired all the time . |
| 19 | and that 's why when we experience different people 's training you get different sort of views and feelings from it because their learning style is actually pushing through sometimes sometimes it suits us and sometimes it does n't . |
| 20 | Well I 'm sick of it cos you see every year we get little kids coming round to our houses asking for trick or treat |
| 21 | ‘ I shall also be reviewing the way we get independent advice , so that the public will be able to see absolutely clearly that I act on the best possible evidence , without fear or favour . ’ |
| 22 | It is n't broadcast to the rest of the manor by the way they got close circuit T V . |
| 23 | I 'm only 38 , but because people think I 'm an OAP I get reduced rates . ’ |