Example sentences of "he [verb] get [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you — - " she jerked her head in the direction of the Russell , which had recently returned from Plymouth and lay at anchor in the Pool , " 'E 's got a lot to answer for . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ continued Gloria between swallows of coffee , ‘ the lady what polishes the cars for him has got a sister what does cleaning at Stowbridge Tech . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Stories about him having to get a taxi home are complete nonsense , ’ Berlin said . |
| 4 | He expected to get the money back after the weekend . |
| 5 | It was the way he asked get a cloth , that 's what he was saying , I was howling . |
| 6 | ‘ If he tried to get a laugh and it was n't successful , I could see him bristle , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency as he tried to get a look at the situation . |
| 8 | I followed him down the stairs , listening to him curse and shout ; in the front hall he tried to get a jacket on over his clothes but could n't get it to fit over his hand holding the gun . |
| 9 | He tried to get a fix on it . |
| 10 | He tried to get a post at the British Museum , and was most indignant when it went to George Children , a friend of Davy and thus possessing superior patronage . |
| 11 | He tried to get a job but he could n't . |
| 12 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 13 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 14 | He tried to get the book out of the wastebin . |
| 15 | ‘ He has got a voice I would recognise again , ’ said Hunt laconically . |
| 16 | He has got a tan from his Christmas holiday . |
| 17 | Another pointer to this being made up is that he has got a degree , so should have an IQ at least marginally above yer average player . |
| 18 | His bedroom is massive and he has got a stereo , a colour television , a tapedeck , a Scalextric track , an electric guitar and amplifier . |
| 19 | I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose . |
| 20 | No but he has got a bit of an accent . |
| 21 | he has got a bit of a belly on him actually |
| 22 | Well he has got a job you know |
| 23 | no he do n't bunk , he , he has got a lot of things , you know , he orders and that |
| 24 | But erm lately he has got a lot worse . |
| 25 | Quite possibly he has got a flea duck . |
| 26 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 27 | He picked up a packet of mints and said tot he cashier : ‘ That gormless Lancastrian out there will pay for these — he has got the brains of a chocolate mouse . ’ |
| 28 | People tend to forget he 's 29 because he has got the enthusiasm and vitality of a teenager . |
| 29 | ‘ For example , the blender regards the pressman as his customer , the pressman 's customer is the pugman and he has got the potter has his customer . ’ |
| 30 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |