Example sentences of "they [verb] get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They tend to get a lot of children cutting through their grounds . |
| 2 | ‘ I hear they 've got a problem to worry at there , but details I do n't know . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I hear they 've got a camera in the stumps ’ |
| 4 | At least they want to get a cross-section . |
| 5 | Just as their main interest was in the ways of life of people as seen by the people themselves , so they tried to get a sense of the past into their work by using life-histories . |
| 6 | Last thing was they 'd er they 'd got a fancy |
| 7 | ‘ They 'd got a tail off a fox fur and pinned it on the back of Victor 's coat just before he started the dance . |
| 8 | Oh it 's summat about erm yeah it is you know erm where you vote for them union things I meant to ask you if they 'd got a stamp |
| 9 | Their stories were n't ones of passive pain , but tales of active resistance — having somewhere to run to , they 'd got a grip of their own lives . |
| 10 | They were n't very big , but er they 'd got a wardrobe , a be a single bed and er dressing table and drawers . |
| 11 | And they said he never said much to them , well he perhaps did n't , he would n't do because he was like that you see , but pra before interviewing him on television , er of course the War came and India was given freedom , and er there used to be you know the Sweet people who used to have a big factory on Road , was a very famous sweet in them days , I do n't think they are now , but was a very good sweet firm , and they 'd got a daughter cos she was in the , during the War the Anglo-Soviet Friendship er she was one of the course they 'd got hundreds but she was one . |
| 12 | I was going to ask you if they 'd got a youth team ? |
| 13 | So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me . |
| 14 | You told me they 'd got a set of keys . |
| 15 | and er I mean and these were three young girls , they only just started to work and yet they 'd got a car and as soon as they finished they they were going on this picnic |
| 16 | Oh you would have liked the dog what er was a woman outside , they was eating their things outside cos they 'd got a dog |
| 17 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 18 | They 'd got a postcard once , view of New York , a few months later . |
| 19 | Next door , they 'd got a lot of kids and they used to play marbles , and they used to bounce on these concrete floors . |
| 20 | They went to get a bucket of water or if I said , Ooh you 're not looking |
| 21 | But er we got out eventually , and they managed to get a road through to us , and but er And er I remember another time where a bank came in and they were one man trapped in the far end and there were another man trapped on this end and my brother and me we we dug round to him , we got to him , we got him bared so far and what To his waist , and it was still bitting and we got hold of his belt , right , ready ? |
| 22 | They did get a drink eventually . |
| 23 | They do get a bit jealous sometimes and I wo n't deny that they are not exactly ecstatic when another interview with me occurs ’ . |
| 24 | They do get a copy of this , do n't they ? |
| 25 | Clearly they have no power to do so , even if somebody asks them to , somebody from outside for instance , erm , and , and also when they do get a fire certificate , is there a display for it ? |
| 26 | But I know you said there was a big erm tariff against it , but on the other hand they do get a lot of more benefits from it , like er well , the erm the price that 's paid for a lot more , and , and it gives a lot more employment . |
| 27 | The thing is they do get a lot from the daughter do n't they ? |
| 28 | Even if they do get a job on a scheme , it 's very , very difficult if you 're sleeping in different places every night , or in a hostel , to get to the job on time . |
| 29 | Yes , nineteen thirties before they start getting a band . |
| 30 | Er but as far as I 'm concerned if it comes in in week four , that 's fair enough , but things after that then they start to get a bit upset |