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
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