Example sentences of "he [verb] get a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the way he asked get a cloth , that 's what he was saying , I was howling . |
| 2 | ‘ If he tried to get a laugh and it was n't successful , I could see him bristle , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency as he tried to get a look at the situation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He tried to get a fix on it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He tried to get a job but he could n't . |
| 8 | ‘ He has got a voice I would recognise again , ’ said Hunt laconically . |
| 9 | He has got a tan from his Christmas holiday . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His bedroom is massive and he has got a stereo , a colour television , a tapedeck , a Scalextric track , an electric guitar and amplifier . |
| 12 | I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose . |
| 13 | No but he has got a bit of an accent . |
| 14 | he has got a bit of a belly on him actually |
| 15 | Well he has got a job you know |
| 16 | no he do n't bunk , he , he has got a lot of things , you know , he orders and that |
| 17 | But erm lately he has got a lot worse . |
| 18 | Quite possibly he has got a flea duck . |
| 19 | That will earn him his RIBA Part I. But then , he has to get a year 's relevant experience in practice before coming back for the final year of his course . |
| 20 | Maybe he needs to get a breath of fresh air . |
| 21 | and he 's carrying his briefcase and he decides he wants to get a paper right and he 's absolutely massive |
| 22 | I 'm sure he was , but the last few years when I knew him he 'd gotten a lot of respect from people and he was n't having to struggle any more , and I think he knew the people loved him and he liked that . |
| 23 | And he 'd got a boy who did stutter and he always used to go to granddad before er he when he came to school , before lessons and he 'd give him this pebble and he 'd say , now you can put it in your pocket . |
| 24 | I knew he 'd got a boy , but |
| 25 | doctor said he 'd got a collar on his neck again did n't he ? |
| 26 | But he walked very purposefully erm straight up there and then I noticed he 'd got a hook |
| 27 | You know , because we 'd got a piano , he 'd got a drum set for Christmas . |
| 28 | Erm you , you never really sort of er he said he 'd got a bit of paper somewhere and he could perhaps go and find it and you said , you know , sort of no not now erm but having done that you never , you never , not now erm but having done that you never , you never , I |
| 29 | It was Jim saying he 'd got a cold . |
| 30 | today and he 'd got a cap on and he 'd got long blond hair had n't he ? |