Example sentences of "get [verb] [art] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When I got to know the two men well I got a visual image of these judgements — Lenin , solid and stocky , advancing at an even pace , and the slight figure of Bukharin galloping off in front , but always needing to feel Lenin 's presence .
2 Apparently in the good old days the rule was that all the uniforms got cleaned every six months , whether they needed it or not .
3 I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others .
4 A hung parlian A hung parliament To get into parliament in the house of commons you 've got to have a thirty percent majority .
5 You 've got to have a thirty percent I 'm not on about seats .
6 You 've got to have a thirty percent majority .
7 You 've got to have a thirty percent majority .
8 You know , if , if somebody 's got to move a twenty-two R B even three hundred yards , they do n't do that any more , do they , they move it metres .
9 They 've got to stop every five minutes for a .
10 BOB MARLEY 'S eldest daughter , Cedella , never got to do the one thing she always desperately wanted — join her late father on tour .
11 I was always getting told the Three Bears . "
12 Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools .
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