Example sentences of "[v-ing] get [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , ‘ If that 's good enough for Shakespeare , it 's good enough for me ’ , and so King Rat starts , ‘ I 'm going to get that bloody bastard if it 's the last thing I do in my life . ’ |
| 2 | John and so far so far as you 're concerned the local people are not going to get that public inquiry are they ? |
| 3 | One thing you soon learn from interviewing Emo ( it 's his real name , believe it or not ) is that you 're never going to get any straight answers . |
| 4 | The upsetting thing is that I am not going to get any real Sheffield Shield cricket to get back into enough form to earn a Test before this summer is over . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't know how it is because I have n't heard it yet , but I 'm going to get some advance material any time now . ’ |
| 6 | When are they going to get some new players ? |
| 7 | You 're always going to get some tiny minority you ca n't take into consideration … ’ |
| 8 | AT LAST we are going to get some official action about electric plugs being fitted to goods before sale . |
| 9 | Short-changed on the sale , the taxpayer is going to get some bland programming too . |
| 10 | And if I want any colour I 'm going to get some black taps in the bath . |
| 11 | Somebody 's going to get some shitty Christmas presents then |
| 12 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 13 | I was starting to get that unreal sense , the dream feeling I 'd had on invasion day all that time ago ; the idea that it was n't really me who was going through all this . |
| 14 | Fastpaced , exciting , and easy enough to get into even if you 're not Mr Shoot-'Em-Up 1992 , this is one of those games you have to keep playing to get that little bit further . |
| 15 | She knew she was overdressed for the occasion but had n't realised it would make her look both predatory and incom-petently so , since one of the main adult sports at Chris 's school was trying to get that nice Major Maxim remarried . |
| 16 | I figured I must be the only fool who was trying to start something ; I was trying to get that big BB King sound and then I saw The Fabulous Thunderbirds , with Jimmie Vaughan on guitar . |
| 17 | So he was fighting for his state against Florida and against other states who were trying to get these public projects . |
| 18 | I 've been trying to get some indoor fireworks and I ca n't get any , I thought it 'll be just some . |
| 19 | ‘ I was just trying to get this infernal machine to start — to make us slightly more comfortable in here . |