Example sentences of "he [verb] get thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry was n't nosy but he liked to get things straight . |
| 2 | Maximilian , wanting to make sure he had got things right , repeated in German to Willoughby what Edward had just said , and Willoughby , who spoke German , nodded wanly . |
| 3 | He knew he had to get things done before it was too late . |
| 4 | But somehow he does get things done , and he has , after all , resisted the lure of the west up to a point — ‘ can I say that I could now fill 360 days with western offers and stay somewhere between America , Europe and Japan for an entire year ? ’ — to continue his own reconstruction work at the Maryinsky . |
| 5 | Owen was , he was aware , a hired man and not a member of the charmed social circle and if he wanted to get things done he had to do it indirectly by tweaking the inner social system . |
| 6 | ‘ And if he 's got things like your class take for granted you jump right on him , say he must have nicked them . |
| 7 | ‘ If he 's got things like your class take for granted , ’ the girl had said , ‘ you say he must have nicked them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He 's got things to do , ’ said his Mum . |
| 9 | He 's got things to do and people to see . |
| 10 | No , I mean he 's got things that er he 's got er CDs and things in the window but it 's not erm |