Example sentences of "they [vb base] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Both say they want to get more people who 'll stay longer .
2 ‘ Idle bloody sods — they want to get some work to do .
3 Erm like to decorate a house well no let's say in in a factory , there 's erm they 've a rush order , they want to get some stuff out and they 're going to need another hundred and twenty man hours .
4 I think instead of encouraging you to try out new ideas they seem to get some kind of kick out of telling you how bad it is …
5 And I mean I , I find some clients are really lucky , you know they 've got a few fiddly bits of issues and they keep getting fifty pounds here and fifty pounds there ,
6 No , but it 's up to the every individual to try and make sure that they do get that level of service .
7 They 've gotten 100,000 resumes and have 4,000 jobs available .
8 One year they 've got long hair and spend their spare time reading Marx , the next they 're shorn like sheep and as conservative as hell .
9 They 've got long beaks like that .
10 . There 's quite a service buses plus they 've got mini buses running around all over the shop as well so .
11 And , and , you know , they 've got paid youth officer 's working in Harlow , now they are , there are , they 're over they 're over stretched it 's true and , but we , I mean what were doing here is actually supplementing there service and were not meeting all , we would n't of erm meeting all the demands , but the important thing I think is that were continuing to erm , you know , were trying to do something about it , and one of the things that were trying to do as officer 's in the Local Government Unit is work with Leisure Services and get them to put more resources into doing things for young people .
12 no they 've got ordinary ones here but I mean these , are a whole lot expensive than they were at W Smith 's , yes , erm I just do n't believe this price no I suppose they 're three for one fifty nine , but that 's the size I got
13 so , they 're so , they 've got all nooks and crannies in them , you can get all sorts in them
14 They 've got all things on the back .
15 Ah but , I mean it 's biting in Germany now because they 've got all East Germans !
16 They 've got all day .
17 Oh he said they 've got all sorts of aggro he said .
18 He and Jake always look as if they 've got one skin less than other people , Ruth thought .
19 And that , that can be difficult in training because you see so many people and they spend the week looking at you and they 've got one name to remember , but you 've got eight or twelve names to remember
20 These hip replacements could have cost anything from £200 to £1,500 each , but they 've got one thing in common .
21 And they 've got two matches going on together have they , they 're , they 've different colour balls ?
22 No , two girls that 's nice , we got two girls , they 've got two boys , Brian and , so that 's alright , , we 're quite happy .
23 They 've got two strikers that can cause problems have n't they , Colin Clarke , he 's been about a fair bit , and Guy Whittington had one really good chance where Ken Vasey made a very good save ?
24 Mind you , they 've got two guessing .
25 Erm , they 've got two things , a bidet , a toilet , a corner bath and a corner shower on the other side , right ?
26 But in it , it 's wicked , in that , in that cupboard they 've got two pairs of really good walking boots , when Kay saw them she said it 's not their feet , because you see she had the cubs there right from the beginning
27 And we walk in the lounge and they 've got two foot round copper covered tables , they 'd covered the original with sheet and the the there was only us two and he was polishing them , you know , getting them ready
28 1938 Caption — ‘ You might ask them if they 've got two ringside seats left ? ’
29 On my experience dealing with people is however forgetful they get you know nursing homes or residential homes or whatever and they ca n't really remember from one corresponding conversation to the next they still remember that they 've got two children and that they own a bank account .
30 Well it might have been Jes cos I do n't know tha well they 've got , I think they 've got two children .
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