Example sentences of "getting a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working hard for no pay , never getting a day off and having no financial independence are the most common complaints . |
| 2 | Before leaving Brooklyn for London , she did some off-Broadway productions , went to the High School Of Performing Arts and was disappointed when she missed getting a part in Fame because she was too young . |
| 3 | ‘ Umm , well , I think we were getting a taxi . ’ |
| 4 | getting a taxi , bus , etc . |
| 5 | So , we got a taxi , I says look here Jack I 'm not getting a taxi it 's my birthday . |
| 6 | Well he , he 's on himself hanging over his car because he said it 's , it 's , that it was an inconvenience cos they were late for work , he suppose to be getting a taxi into work every day and back , but where 's his proof that he did ? |
| 7 | If you 're away on holiday and ca n't do that getting a neighbour to do it for you , to look after your house , shut the curtains at night and opening them during the day . |
| 8 | Les Robinson is getting a recall … and Jon Narbett might find a place too … |
| 9 | Well you probably find that you 're getting a draught under that that door . |
| 10 | regarding a fire it 's no good whatsoever , he says your trouble you 're not getting a draught from your |
| 11 | And we 're we 're well erm getting a whole of trees planted and field there cos her field is hardly ever used and we gon na be getting a whole lot of trees for that . |
| 12 | By getting a Sponsor , one of whose functions may be to act as a mirror and reflect back the attitudes and behaviour of the sufferer , helping him or her to gain insight into self and establish goals for further improvement in recovery through guidance on the 12 Steps . |
| 13 | After waiting two years on the back-burner for Batmania to boil itself dry Clean and Sober is finally getting a UK release , allowing Michael Keaton to do his twitching and snorting coke fiend routine without risk of dirtying the caped crusader 's pristine image . |
| 14 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 15 | I think , if you are worried about the cat getting a dose of volts , that the former option is the better one . |
| 16 | Their popularity resulted in Tiller getting a request not only to train the children and arrange the ballets but also to present a quartette of ‘ lady ’ dancers for the 1891 pantomime The Fair One with the Golden Locks at the Comedy Theatre , Manchester . |
| 17 | ‘ — I 'm getting a stress factor you would n't believe , here . |
| 18 | ‘ What about getting a refund ? ’ |
| 19 | And we had terrible job getting a contract off him . |
| 20 | I think er we 're in danger of perhaps getting a misunderstanding going here . |
| 21 | Well there 's one chance of getting a red . |
| 22 | What 's the chances of getting a red ? |
| 23 | The chances of getting a red . |
| 24 | And the chances of getting a red ? |
| 25 | And the chance of getting a red ? |
| 26 | And what we 're doing is if you just look at your pack now , everybody who writes to us , it does n't matter what they want , whether it 's favours of crackers , they 're getting a brochure which you know our brochure , which has the favours and crackers on . |
| 27 | ‘ A wet football of the old type was like getting a brick on your head , ’ says Ove Sortland , Professor of Radiology at Ulleval Hospital and co-author of the report . |
| 28 | I mean , your getting a bike key . |
| 29 | er We , we go out once a week on our bikes just to keep fit for the job more than anything , and have a pint away from the wives , er but er we 've looked into the idea of getting a bike specially made for Joanne , er the little girl who I said suffers from this disease . |
| 30 | And you 're getting a reflection |