Example sentences of "what you get for " in BNC.
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| 1 | £150 a year might seem expensive for an actress at the beginning of her career , but look what you got for it , and with Charles sharing the rent as well as the bed , what could be more acceptable in a period of economic pressure when whisky cost the exorbitant price of 12s. 6d. a bottle ? |
| 2 | When I went home a when I was started at ten and thruppence a week , it was a regula regulation in the family that the spending money erm basis , what you got for spending , was a penny in the shilling . |
| 3 | What you got for Christmas Day ? |
| 4 | What you got for her ? |
| 5 | What you got for Tracey on loans ? |
| 6 | What you got for Tracey on loans ? |
| 7 | Harking back to The Smiths ' early days , it is another stab at Victorian virtue : ‘ A crack on the head is what you get for asking . ’ |
| 8 | More simply , a crack on the head is what you get for acting in a perfectly natural manner . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what you get for sticking your dick in a plug socket . ’ |
| 10 | That 's what you get for buying your jewellery from a bubble gum machine . |
| 11 | To discover that just read on and see what you get for your money . |
| 12 | CHECK WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY . |
| 13 | PRS money is what you get for your compositions being played and performed . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's what you get for flying antiques , ’ he said unsympathetically . |
| 15 | The solos still grate , but at least you can get the beers in at this point without fear of missing anything serious — although Hammett has included an axe-trashing coda to his widdly-widdly section ; that 's what you get for hanging out with Nirvana . |
| 16 | The place may seem fairly pricey , but when you see what you get for your money , you wo n't be disappointed . |
| 17 | Yet the final equation of what you can afford to spend on a new car is likely to be influenced by what you get for the old one . |
| 18 | " That 's what you get for being public-spirited . " |
| 19 | Gary Cottrill has been seeing what you get for your money . |