Example sentences of "they get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Save the money , well they were better things than what they get today . |
| 2 | They get both by building a dam . |
| 3 | An open , sunny site is best as many herbs originate from the Mediterranean where they get thoroughly baked during the summer . |
| 4 | They get particularly nasty at this time of the year . |
| 5 | If they , they got they got piecework or they got th th the , they get either piecework or they get so much for the job so much , an hourly rate for the job . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ If they get away with this one it wo n't be the last . ’ |
| 7 | They get away with murder because of their buying power . |
| 8 | ‘ It happens hundreds of times a day in this city and mostly they get away . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're not supposed to , that 's how they get away with it . |
| 10 | Or at least , that 's how we suppose they get away with it if the legends are true and they really still exist . |
| 11 | Well , I think a lot of what happens in the academic world is , and my guess is the fundamental reason they get away with it , is that young people wo n't buy much , spending their own money on it , and I think if they were , you could n't serve up a lot of the crap that passes for higher education today . |
| 12 | ‘ Look at Jays — I 'm amazed by what they get away with there . |
| 13 | The more security you have , the more of a challenge it is for them and the more of a thrill they get if they get away with it . |
| 14 | Even when secret services are grossly incompetent they get away with it . |
| 15 | I do n't think they can get away with it with little girls but they get away with it with little boys . |
| 16 | Do the same with our national natural treasures and they get away with it . " |
| 17 | ‘ Honestly , how they get away with such stuff — it 's bad enough they take a large commission , but to sit on the money as long as they do … ’ |
| 18 | They get away with a lot more in terms of expenses than we do over here , er , which is why there 's such a heavy emphasis on expenses . |
| 19 | I do n't know how they get away with mortgage payments like they are , because , you know , it it 's totally unfair , |
| 20 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 21 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |
| 22 | They get right down to business . |
| 23 | They get right on my wick . |
| 24 | Somebody like Meiselas is like that , Gilles Peress ; they do n't work on a story unless they get emotionally connected to it — why bother ? — to them . |
| 25 | ‘ Its Mum and Dad ca n't be far away , ’ he said , then continued , ‘ stags are normally nervous , but they get dead vicious when they think their young are threatened . ’ |
| 26 | The fish all appear to relish the extra attention they get indoors . |
| 27 | They get practically no help at all and yet mum still manages to sort of save a bit |
| 28 | In some places there is 95–97 per cent coverage , whereas in others they get little over 75 per cent . ’ |
| 29 | On average , they get nearly 11 prescriptions per head per year compared with the lowest figure of six for the North West Thames region . |
| 30 | And a good many are obliged to us for the work they get here . |