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Example sentences of "get [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	er we had a lovely one but frost got that a couple of years ago .
2	The second attempt was much shorter and hit off , I thought , the right balance between regretful practicality and yet sufficient affection and desire for her still to want to climb into bed if I got half a chance .
3	After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance .
4	So I said I went and lay in the in these bull rushes and I got half a brick , yes , he says , and I saw them coming and he says and I threw it and hit him this er blackleg with this half brick .
5	Ah well we had , you had we had that , that bloke Americans , so we got half a point .
6	And if she got half a pig 's head she used to cut the pig 's head in half and used to use the top half , and that was where the ears was , and everything , boil it until all all the meat dropped off and then she used to put in er a big basin , scrumple it up in her fingers , put some of the juice in , and put a seven pound weight on it , and a saucer , and make brawn .
7	But of course he got half the value of Trafford Hall , which was quarter of a million ?
8	You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven .
9	you know there 's not nobody got half an hour to wait .
10	Lucy 's black friend Yvonne puts it this way ; ‘ On the whole right , it 's the people in authority what brings that tension around , you know , 'cos the black people are thinkin' 'ow comes they not gettin' all the jobs , you know . ’
11	To begin with I got such a kick from it all .
12	I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways , ending up chest deep in freezing water .
13	I got such a shock I forgot he was behind the glass and thought he was going to shove his face right into mine .
14	The Vicar 's wife , who had parked on a yellow line while her gay husband went into the shop to get a treacle tart , got such a shock when Wayne stuck his big , hairy white face in through the window that she jumped out and ran away .
15	I yelled at the top of my voice and Jean got such a fright she sent the Cortina swerving all over the road .
16	At first this was a slow process but as the group got bigger the church planting gained in momentum .
17	‘ 'E ca n't 'ave mine , I just ate it , ’ said Ella , ‘ but I got 'alf a sausage left . ’
18	But we also seen buoyant magazine that has gotten better every month , a title which is building a legacy in Britain that will last .
19	No you 've got half a crown , you cheat .
20	and the thread bit on I do n't do it all the time look you 've got half a sense mind half a strong common sense
21	You 've only got half a mug of coffee .
22	We 've only got half a side and we need you .
23	No , we have n't eaten them all yet , still got half a box open hiding away from Gary
24	Oh I 've got half a tin of cat food for your cat June .
25	Like , I 've got half a pepper , and a piece of cheese and some , some kind of sp spread .
26	And I 've still got half a pack .
27	Okay so if start of with sort of kilogramme , a year later you 've got half a kilogramme
28	‘ We 've got half an hour . ’
29	When life is hectic and you 've only got half an hour in the evening to snatch a meal , a heartwarming bowl of Campbell 's condensed soup with some crusty bread makes an ideal supper .
30	That maybe the idea , but there are so many things to be done by voluntary workers if people would only say well I 've got half an hour an hour it could be so much of an advantage to whoever they 're giving their services to because we 're having to cut costs on this and costs on that an hour or two given voluntary would cover those jobs that we ca n't get the money to pay for .