Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] get a better [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
| 2 | I 've got a better idea . " |
| 3 | ‘ We could manage without it , but — No , I 've got a better idea . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got a better idea , ’ Sam said , leaning forward . |
| 5 | Well , I 've got a better idea . |
| 6 | I know wait a minute , wait a minute , I 've got a better idea . |
| 7 | I 've got a better job . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’ |
| 9 | If they show you a picture , you 've got a better chance . |
| 10 | Obviously you 've got a better eye tha than I have , but er |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | We were this time last year , and we ve got a better squad this time around ( and indeed than that which won the league ) . |
| 14 | You should ask them both questions on the card , that way we 've got a better chance of getting them bloody card for yourself in n it ? |
| 15 | It 's a chilly wind you know , I hope we 've got a better bus tonight |
| 16 | We 've got a better side now and Torquay are struggling a bit . |
| 17 | Now I 'm putting it very simplistically and very starkly , but it does seem to me that we need to get a better balance about how we look at these things and to realize that if we 've got an efficient industry we will have a declining industrial workforce , what are the rest going to do ? |
| 18 | They 've got a better lock . |
| 19 | ah , ah they 've got a better crowd for that day ai n't they dad ? |
| 20 | ah , ah they 've got a better crowd for that day ai n't they dad ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | because it 's got gold wheels right it 's got a better suspension . |