Example sentences of "he [verb] got the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | People tend to forget he 's 29 because he has got the enthusiasm and vitality of a teenager . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But now he has got the measure of it . |
| 7 | It seems that Watkins 's energies have gone into making sure he has got the details right at the expense of analysis . |
| 8 | Well you might as well save him his and if he has got the car he 's gon na hammer it cos he do n't |
| 9 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 10 | In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 . |
| 11 | And the car took off up the North End Road before he 'd got the door shut . |
| 12 | He meant he 'd got the bottle . |
| 13 | Now when Abbey looked at the policy , because he 'd got the Covermaster policy , the cheque and everything , there was nothing there to indicate that there was a problem . |
| 14 | Laughing , she fought him off till he 'd got the dress off her by brute force , and wooed her consent with practised skill . |
| 15 | I … er … ’ he 'd got the story prepared but it was difficult with an audience . |
| 16 | Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag . |
| 17 | He went all quiet and un-Oliver-like and admitted that he 'd got the sack . |
| 18 | He 'd got the idea from a song he 'd heard on the radio while he was driving . |
| 19 | Then when he 'd got the bonnet firmly on Dobbin 's head , he 'd get some little coverings for the ear — to keep the flies off . |
| 20 | For all my nagging , he 'd got the message and turned it off . ’ |
| 21 | He 'd got the message . |
| 22 | Patterson was one of the last out , but it seemed he 'd got the message about his visitor as he hurried towards his office without a sideways glance . |
| 23 | When we come back he 'd got the dishes all ready for me . |
| 24 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 25 | So even when he 'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow . |
| 26 | ‘ He did n't know , ’ smirks Gordon , ‘ but we knew he 'd got the job when he did n't throw up . ’ |
| 27 | Hastings knew he 'd got the job on Sunday night , and while he celebrated with a glass of champagne , the Watsonian harbours no illusions about the task that lies ahead . |
| 28 | yeah , you see , so we were laughing about this , anyway , Christopher phoned up and said he got through to the second part , he was the only one that was going through to the second part and he phoned up about forty five minutes later to say that he 'd erm , he 'd got the job |
| 29 | True , he 'd got The Zombie Walks coming up , but that was n't going to make him a millionaire , and the old overdraft was getting rather overblown . |
| 30 | I 'd no idea how he 'd got the invite because it was supposed to be a tournament for the top eight players in the world , and he had n't reached that standard . |