Example sentences of "i get a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The Steve Cropper connection came about because he and I got a chance to get reacquainted with one another down in Seville at the Guitar Legends concerts .
2 I got a bloke to see about some business . ’
3 Cos I , I , know , I know it means roughly in common terms cos , I got a sister to interpret it .
4 I got , I got , I got a number to choose from , certainly yes , yes , yes , yes .
5 Then , a few days after I got back from Oxford , I got a telegram to say I had a scholarship .
6 And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day .
7 So I got a manual to help me .
8 When I first started , I got a paper to go to Rose Hill Station on Scotland Road .
9 I got a letter to say dad was in hospital and we had a buzz bomb and it was n't too bad and er do n't worry .
10 And I 'm watching all this and thinking , ‘ Jeez , have I got a lot to learn . ’
11 Not every day I get a chance to pick up that kind of money for doing practically nothing . ’
12 ‘ I hope I get a chance to taste one of her sausage rolls . ’
13 We visit the charming sheep and I get a chance to wear my wellingtons after all .
14 If I get a chance to look at it .
15 I get a maid to come in and do it for me .
16 Eleven o'clock — I get a book to read and then write about it .
17 ‘ Do n't I get a chance to have a quiet few minutes with poor old Sarella ? ’
18 Two years ago , difficult for me to get a client to move from a building society because they were saying well I 'm getting about nine percent with the Abbey National , er why should I take the risk on a P E P ?
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