Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was talking to a screw one day and she was telling me that when she 'd wanted to get work in prison she thought she 'd be there to help prisoners . |
| 2 | It was Zoya , a friend from work , asking Anna if she 'd managed to get soap . |
| 3 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 4 | Thank goodness she 'd thought to get Naylor 's word about her job . |
| 5 | She had expected to get satisfaction from refusing Faith 's jewellery , because it seemed an action on principle , and because there was always a surreptitious pleasure to be gained from snubbing Isabel . |