Example sentences of "they [vb past] get [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as their main interest was in the ways of life of people as seen by the people themselves , so they tried to get a sense of the past into their work by using life-histories . |
| 2 | Local authorities had their fingers burnt before when they tried to get the software up and running and then found that the Government were changing the rules . |
| 3 | they tried to get the score moving as best they could … but Derbyshire had different ideas … |
| 4 | Last thing was they 'd er they 'd got a fancy |
| 5 | ‘ They 'd got a tail off a fox fur and pinned it on the back of Victor 's coat just before he started the dance . |
| 6 | Oh it 's summat about erm yeah it is you know erm where you vote for them union things I meant to ask you if they 'd got a stamp |
| 7 | Their stories were n't ones of passive pain , but tales of active resistance — having somewhere to run to , they 'd got a grip of their own lives . |
| 8 | They were n't very big , but er they 'd got a wardrobe , a be a single bed and er dressing table and drawers . |
| 9 | And they said he never said much to them , well he perhaps did n't , he would n't do because he was like that you see , but pra before interviewing him on television , er of course the War came and India was given freedom , and er there used to be you know the Sweet people who used to have a big factory on Road , was a very famous sweet in them days , I do n't think they are now , but was a very good sweet firm , and they 'd got a daughter cos she was in the , during the War the Anglo-Soviet Friendship er she was one of the course they 'd got hundreds but she was one . |
| 10 | I was going to ask you if they 'd got a youth team ? |
| 11 | So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me . |
| 12 | You told me they 'd got a set of keys . |
| 13 | and er I mean and these were three young girls , they only just started to work and yet they 'd got a car and as soon as they finished they they were going on this picnic |
| 14 | Oh you would have liked the dog what er was a woman outside , they was eating their things outside cos they 'd got a dog |
| 15 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 16 | They 'd got a postcard once , view of New York , a few months later . |
| 17 | Next door , they 'd got a lot of kids and they used to play marbles , and they used to bounce on these concrete floors . |
| 18 | Cooker was all electric , th they 'd got no gas mains up into the into the old village in those days you see . |
| 19 | died as , whatever and they went to his eldest brother he said he had to burn all because he only lived in a small flat , he and his wife and two children and they 'd got no room for them to so he had to burn them . |
| 20 | We arrived at their home in Bruton , Somerset , only to find that they 'd got the date wrong and were n't prepared for us . |
| 21 | The the Jolly George er was a ship that was loaded with arms er to send to Russia , to for our the use of our troops in Russia , and the sailors refused to sail it , and there was quite a to do about this because they 'd got the steam up and it was ready to go but they never went . |
| 22 | But there was no stopping Swindon once they 'd got the second . |
| 23 | Instead they 'd got the Pope and an article about a highly paid journalist , Simon Winchester , eating a dog for dinner . |
| 24 | Well no , that was another thing more or less as I was coming out the door they 'd got the news thing on and this was Australia the new prime minister , I do n't know his name , he 's running down I did n't hear it properly but I heard the gist of it , erm and it |
| 25 | An ’ then , within a few years , they 'd got the babby an' she 'd given up teaching . |
| 26 | Well , they 'd got the skeleton that wanted a big brass lock but er oh you know , lovely and er it was more trouble getting the thing through the pan to get er the case than putting the insides in it , if you follow what I mean . |
| 27 | Many of the musicians were unused to working with dancers and once when the band was out of tempo , the Girls started singing as they danced to get the music synchronized . |
| 28 | They went to get a bucket of water or if I said , Ooh you 're not looking |
| 29 | They said they went to get the food at Waitrose , and I heaved , and I said , I do n't want to see |
| 30 | But er we got out eventually , and they managed to get a road through to us , and but er And er I remember another time where a bank came in and they were one man trapped in the far end and there were another man trapped on this end and my brother and me we we dug round to him , we got to him , we got him bared so far and what To his waist , and it was still bitting and we got hold of his belt , right , ready ? |