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

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1 He expected to get the money back after the weekend .
2 It was the way he asked get a cloth , that 's what he was saying , I was howling .
3 ‘ If he tried to get a laugh and it was n't successful , I could see him bristle , ’ she said .
4 Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency as he tried to get a look at the situation .
5 I followed him down the stairs , listening to him curse and shout ; in the front hall he tried to get a jacket on over his clothes but could n't get it to fit over his hand holding the gun .
6 He tried to get a fix on it .
7 He tried to get a post at the British Museum , and was most indignant when it went to George Children , a friend of Davy and thus possessing superior patronage .
8 He tried to get a job but he could n't .
9 Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye .
10 I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway .
11 He tried to get the book out of the wastebin .
12 He has got a voice I would recognise again , ’ said Hunt laconically .
13 He has got a tan from his Christmas holiday .
14 Another pointer to this being made up is that he has got a degree , so should have an IQ at least marginally above yer average player .
15 His bedroom is massive and he has got a stereo , a colour television , a tapedeck , a Scalextric track , an electric guitar and amplifier .
16 I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose .
17 No but he has got a bit of an accent .
18 he has got a bit of a belly on him actually
19 Well he has got a job you know
20 no he do n't bunk , he , he has got a lot of things , you know , he orders and that
21 But erm lately he has got a lot worse .
22 Quite possibly he has got a flea duck .
23 So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along .
24 He picked up a packet of mints and said tot he cashier : ‘ That gormless Lancastrian out there will pay for these — he has got the brains of a chocolate mouse . ’
25 People tend to forget he 's 29 because he has got the enthusiasm and vitality of a teenager .
26 ‘ For example , the blender regards the pressman as his customer , the pressman 's customer is the pugman and he has got the potter has his customer . ’
27 That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate .
28 But now he has got the measure of it .
29 It seems that Watkins 's energies have gone into making sure he has got the details right at the expense of analysis .
30 Well you might as well save him his and if he has got the car he 's gon na hammer it cos he do n't
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