Example sentences of "get a certain [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But I think when you get a certain age |
2 | Some of the decisions clearly are easier at than others because we get a certain concensus on the easy ones , while we 've gone to some of the more difficult ones to exemplify behind the changes that need to come about that it will not have a direct impact on schools and their school budgets and the children , but will promote the services we 've always done . |
3 | But you only get a certain impression watching television — you do n't feel the pressure or the intensity . |
4 | ‘ By raising our prices slightly we get a certain sort of customer . |
5 | We only get a certain amount a week off our dad [ parents separated ] and that 's about it — and what I take home . ’ |
6 | You , you borrow ten grand or twenty grand whatever you like to , and you get a certain amount put on that , and that 's it , it 's fixed . |
7 | But I realize , as I sit here in the offices of the Strategy Unit , away from my usual desk and my usual routine , and charged with scrupulous self-examination , that I look forward to being interrupted , and that I also get a certain satisfaction from these sighs and clickings of the tongue . |
8 | For other people , who are already working , but get a certain number of weeks paid holiday a year , it 's a way of enjoying a change of scenery , becoming fit , and earning some extra money . |
9 | Say from one till ten cos they 're the early ones and then they get a certain time , then your numbers eleven to twenty |