Example sentences of "[vb -s] get a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor has n't he ? |
| 2 | Ours , ours has got a bigger garden . |
| 3 | We suggest that the first-born child tends to get a bigger party and more presents than subsequent children . |
| 4 | Non-fundholders wait ten months for some outpatient appointments , fundholders can bring the consultant to the surgery to see the patient within a couple of weeks ; this of course helps to get a quicker place on the operation waiting list . |
| 5 | The shark catches it by its feet , but as it tries to get a better grip the young bird is released and flaps into the air over the shark 's back . |
| 6 | An' you should know that this city 'as got a bigger mouth than any reporter from any newspaper . |
| 7 | ‘ Randy 's got a slower pony in this chukka , who wo n't like Dopey taking a piece of him in the line-out one bit . ’ |
| 8 | Well it 's got a higher voltage . |
| 9 | And it 's got a bigger shed as well . |
| 10 | It 's been said he 's got a bigger investment in bricks and mortar in the Pas de Calais than Hitler had . |
| 11 | I 'm not going to do a match report either , I 'll leave that to someone who 's a bit more eloquent , and who 's got a better memory , I ca n't even seem to remember what happened 10 mins ago let alone 2 days . |
| 12 | There are n't many new ideas , or the money to back them , so if there is a good script that has an Asian angle , the chances are it 's got a better probability of getting made . |
| 13 | That looks better , that 's got a better grip though . |
| 14 | because it 's got gold wheels right it 's got a better suspension . |
| 15 | If I could cite one example of that , the accountancy profession recruits seventy per cent of its intake from non-accountancy graduates , and in fact , a student taking accountancy , and getting a not particularly good degree , even a lower second class honours degree , can sometimes be regarded by employers as having demonstrated not particularly good aptitude for accountancy , and be discounted in favour of a candidate from another major subject , who 's got a better class of degree . |
| 16 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
| 17 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 18 | No actually it does n't have a curve , it is a triangle but it 's got a longer base has n't it ? |
| 19 | One begins to get a clearer idea of what Irwin imagined India 's destiny to be . |