Example sentences of "have the [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.

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1 W w w er what alternative has the rich peasant got ?
2 ‘ See , whoever has the biggest gun gets to kick the crap out of everybody else .
3 Have we seen the best of Rosa Mota , or has the sprightly Portuguese got something up her sleeve for Barcelona , the last major championships she plans to run ?
4 Has the little hatchback got what it takes to succeed in one of Europe 's toughest markets ?
5 Some stations stood in the heart of thriving capital cities and teemed with life day and night ; others in desolate fastnesses , where as Dickens remarked of the remote New England depots , ‘ the wild impossibility of anybody having the smallest reason to get out is only equalled by the apparently desperate hopelessness of there being anybody to get in ’ .
6 Had the Norton-logoed products got off the ground , sales could have reached millions .
7 I had the Mexican boy get his father ; they 'd take care of the coach and horses .
8 Many thatched cottages were built on the brow of a hill overlooking the sea ; and a large potato-field , divided into elongated sections , gave ample scope for many Lewis families to prove that union is strength , for they were busily engaged lifting the crop : each family group was complete in itself ; those who had the most children got most quickly over the ground : many hands make light work , and young backs bend easily .
9 ‘ We were sticking our necks out further and further but once we got to the South Col we had the same chance to get to the top as if we had 20 Sherpas helping and a brick-built house up there , ’ said Harry .
10 The feeling of being manoeuvred came back with a rush and she had the urgent desire to get out of this stuffy office fast .
11 We have the best policies to get this across , and the work that we 've done with and the European Commission , and we want to democratise that , is very positive .
12 I was pleasantly surprised at how light the detector was , for when I have the free time to get out , I like to put as many hours in at a stretch as possible .
13 So why have the three trees got ta come down ?
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