Example sentences of "he [verb] get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expected to get the money back after the weekend . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He tried to get the book out of the wastebin . |
| 5 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | People tend to forget he 's 29 because he has got the enthusiasm and vitality of a teenager . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But now he has got the measure of it . |
| 11 | It seems that Watkins 's energies have gone into making sure he has got the details right at the expense of analysis . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 14 | In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 . |
| 15 | He has to get the barley , go out at the right time and sow it . |
| 16 | He has to get the job done for a price . |
| 17 | until he starts to get the timing wrong , |
| 18 | Kevin Morris says that he wants to get the boat journey over with first because last time they were so ill coming back . |
| 19 | ‘ He wants to get the lad out in case the fuel explodes , ’ the woman beside her muttered . |
| 20 | He says Get the children to see people in here . |
| 21 | And the car took off up the North End Road before he 'd got the door shut . |
| 22 | He meant he 'd got the bottle . |
| 23 | Now when Abbey looked at the policy , because he 'd got the Covermaster policy , the cheque and everything , there was nothing there to indicate that there was a problem . |
| 24 | Laughing , she fought him off till he 'd got the dress off her by brute force , and wooed her consent with practised skill . |
| 25 | I … er … ’ he 'd got the story prepared but it was difficult with an audience . |
| 26 | Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag . |
| 27 | He went all quiet and un-Oliver-like and admitted that he 'd got the sack . |
| 28 | He 'd got the idea from a song he 'd heard on the radio while he was driving . |
| 29 | Then when he 'd got the bonnet firmly on Dobbin 's head , he 'd get some little coverings for the ear — to keep the flies off . |
| 30 | For all my nagging , he 'd got the message and turned it off . ’ |