Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His persistent returns to the fray helped to drive Thomson to an early grave-though not before he had succeeded in getting Palmer promoted out of Nigeria . |
| 2 | K.J. and C. Hayes , after six years of laborious training , had succeeded in getting Vicki to utter only four grunt-like sounds vaguely resembling Mama , Poppa , cup , and up . |
| 3 | er nearly well that 's the best thing I 've seen for getting sort of properly qualified erm |
| 4 | In the hotel , once again we 've got ta get all these , we 've got ta things into a room which is obvious , but you 've got ta get things up through the lift and you 've got this bottleneck . |
| 5 | I do n't know , I 've got ta get Fiona some vegetable samosas , Tabs gone home has n't she ? |
| 6 | You know y y y y you 're a poor peasant and the Party 's coming in in conditions of civil war and we say right erm we 've got ta get land reform and the land reform process is being done , not by the Party coming in and imposing it , it is very much done by the Party encouraging and enabling the peasants to , to take the moves themselves , to stand up and begin the criticism . |
| 7 | But , I 've got ta get mum and dad out the house somehow . |
| 8 | And then we 've got ta get phone numbers . |
| 9 | Yeah , I 've got ta get salt anyway . |
| 10 | You 're not , you 've got ta get people marked down and you got ta stop them from developing the play . |
| 11 | ‘ All the grown-ups have to help in getting food for the community . |
| 12 | The union 's involvement in insurance stems from the difficulties musicians have experienced in getting car or van insurance . |
| 13 | Some officials have spoken of getting NATO to spread its wings , though they might have a hard time persuading the Canadians and Europeans of that . |