Example sentences of "they [vb mod] get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could get hot water , but only after the fire had been going for a while and the back boiler had heated up . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'd get short shrift from him if he once laid hands on them . |
| 3 | The South Africans said that if the guerrillas surrendered and handed over their weapons , they would get safe conduct back to Angola . |
| 4 | That way they would get excellent pictures of Mrs Thatcher as she moved through the crowd . |
| 5 | It is offering its 3,000 employees over the age of 50 a voluntary early retirement programme under which they will get full retirement benefits and a year and a half of extra pay if they leave the company and start their own companies in businesses related to IBM . |
| 6 | Further , it is only in the Fellowships that they will get sufficient identification with other sufferers to be able to see that there is hope for recovery when they do finally admit defeat . |
| 7 | ‘ They can get deep depressions and do not know how to express it , and it can come out in rebellion of one sort or the other , ’ said Anne . |
| 8 | Dear God ; why do these old men discover they can get new careers lumbering ape-like through rock history . |
| 9 | They can get good deals in the property market — on shop rents or factory space , buy companies at knock-down prices or from the receiver . |
| 10 | The families we who 've used our arts centres in other parts of the country have been influenced erm not just by the quality of art work on display , but also by the fact they can get decent beer and erm good , cheap food erm and the children and the other parts of the family have got plenty of other activities to take an interest in and I think it would need the university to think seriously about developing the social side of the Gardener Centre in those terms , and that 's why it was deeply disappointing to find the university pulling back on their subsidy for the Gardener Centre as that really ca n't help anybody find the most appropriate role for the building . |
| 11 | I mean there 's no point in them , in , in , in them , in them , accepting minimal benefit when they can get maximum benefit is there ? |
| 12 | Many elderly people can remain in their own homes even if they are living alone , provided that they can get adequate help with some of the heavier and more awkward chores : cleaning high up , or low down , under furniture or in corners which have become inaccessible to them . |
| 13 | If they know they can get special deals . |