Example sentences of "get a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin 's in effect in this passage is saying no , I do n't think that 's so at all , I think that this common pattern that all vertebrates have is simple the adaptive features of the common ancestor of the vertebrates , and I think he 's got a jolly good case . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've got a wonderfully comfortable bed , ’ she whispered into his left ear . |
| 3 | So that the , the dress reflects fashion , you can see we 've got a slightly puffed sleeve and it 's quite full here , but it is tight at the shoulder , and the shoulder itself , here we are , sort of slopes down , so you 've got the basic line of the full skirt , a bodice at the waist , and this is very pretty , this pleating here . |
| 4 | Well I mean , if somebody 's got a slightly different shirt on and it |
| 5 | If you 've got a slightly different attitude also an attitude . |
| 6 | You know , we 've got a completely different animal , that 's what Locke wants to argue . |
| 7 | Margaret Beckett , the shadow chief secretary to the treasury , has got a suspiciously high forehead and she 's a girlie ! |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but we 've got a critically sick horse here . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 've not got a particularly delicate way of putting things , Melody , but I take your point … |
| 10 | ‘ He 's got a rather grand name but we simply call him Billy , ’ said dad , who would n't let go of his famous foam mallet with which he bashes kiddy guests on his long-running TV-am show , Wacaday . |
| 11 | Because I 've got a rather stereo-typed type of hand , if you know what I mean ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 've got a rather funny feeling at the bottom of my stomach . |
| 13 | Excuse me I 've got a rather heavy cold . |
| 14 | Erm the other thing was that the people at senior level need to be reminded , if they do have a major problem erm that 's David and Malcolm , erm where , if they 've got a rather difficult case and it 's urgent and they want a , they do n't wan na have to put it on a , on a fax , they want , they need it there and then erm , and they do n't like the telephone call facility , I said well , well that 's primarily for consultants . |
| 15 | Got a rather thick head this morning . |
| 16 | They 've got a right good offer on at Manor Grove for videos last week , they were er er eight o' clo er they were arriving I think there were only about half a dozen . |
| 17 | Well you 've got a right interesting life , you 've got . |
| 18 | is n't she , she 's not what you call really bonny , she ai n't got a right bonny face . |
| 19 | I mean , she 's got a right squawky voice , |
| 20 | Erm I 've got a nearly new gentleman 's beige suit . |
| 21 | Yeah I mean I think you 're pretty good on those , you know about alternative sources of energy and you 've got a pretty good idea of nuclear power , what it 's about erm you know half life erm Then this gets onto the technical bit . |
| 22 | Tessa Dahl 's famous father Roald certainly knew what made a good children 's book , and judging by The Same But Different , with illustrations by Arthur Robins ( Puffin , £2.99 ) , she 's got a pretty good idea too . |
| 23 | But it 's true I 've got a pretty good idea what should be there . |
| 24 | Er , we know that there 's an O and M report coming through , we 've got a pretty good idea what 's in it . |
| 25 | ‘ Granted , I ca n't point to a place on the map and say this is where we are , but I 've got a pretty good idea . ’ |
| 26 | Once you 've got a pretty good grip on what they 're doing then you 've really got to think of something else if you want your playing to sound different from everyone else 's . |
| 27 | You can go from being a total novice to someone who 's got a reasonably good idea by the end of one week . |
| 28 | Got a bleeding lunatic hand I 've got ! |
| 29 | If she wa , if she was n't Hannah inside , she 's got a dead nice body you know ! |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got a dead white face , staring black eyes , stringy hair and I need a shave , ’ she announced in a rush , put the phone down and collapsed into gales of laughter . |