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

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1 They continued chatting for a while , in which time Nigger got the definite impression that the six months in jail that Terry told him he had recently endured for receiving stolen property , had taught him nothing at all .
2 RETIRED hospital porter George Gibbs got the perfect cure for his cash worries — he scooped £10,000 on Daily Mirror Bingo .
3 The following July , 1880 , he got the fifty francs from Theo and made reluctant contact again .
4 Mellor , again , who realises that it was irascibility over broadcasters in general that got the then government into the fine mess from which he had to extract it .
5 He got the facial resemblances easily enough , having a certain gift for hazy romantic portraiture .
6 I inadvertently got the best vantage point on one of the most exciting holes in the world ! "
7 In a survey of carers and schizophrenia sufferers , the police got the best ratings for care of the mentally ill , followed by GPs , psychiatrists , and social workers
8 He was local to the area , I think it was one of these bakers that used to used to do it but er he probably only used to do it once a week sell it once a week I think of all the people that was on course we got the best , we got the best place and er and it came out that the erm tourist information booklet .
9 Gerald Strine in the same newspaper was more forthright : for him Piggott ‘ nearly got the best horse beaten ’ .
10 Now Rideout , a £500,000 buy from Rangers , is determined to show Kendall got the best deal .
11 After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value .
12 England got the all-important shot that took them through to the final which they lost 19-8 to Ireland .
13 and you got the blue seats , so you 've got red , white and blue have n't you ?
14 Philip , affectionately supported by the two women , got the hot water system working .
15 I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself .
16 Mario got the preferred equipment and Ronnie made up for it in sheer aggression .
17 And , I got the great accolade the following season when he said , well you 're not as bad as I thought you would be !
18 I was going to make a song and dance when we got the 100th subscriber , but 98 's near enough .
19 Because we got the right name !
20 Well what used to be simple and straightforward now leaves you with th wondering whether you got the right card in your pocket
21 You sure you got the right place , Antoine ? ’
22 Mm some people decided they were going to work as a , as a group on their table , to gather information and when you were doing the tallies last week , you helped each other did n't you , some of you helped , you were talking to one another to help make sure that you got the right number of tallies , if you worked with some other people to get the survey questions and do the tallies , sign it , if you did everything on your own , leave it blank is anyone not sure what to do there ?
23 No being what I thought I was a man in those days I was n't really interested in them , but I know there was competitions and er I believe there was different numbers posted on windows and if you got the right number you got a prize but I remember Palfry Park I 'm having trouble with my eyes I 've got over-active tear ducts and
24 There was a good atmosphere and they got the right result .
25 But once I got the right victim , finding the right murderer became easier . ’
26 Er , if you can remember at school working out equations , as long as you filled in the , the right bits in the right place , you got the right answer .
27 ‘ Sure you got the right button ? ’
28 One of the lads go in front , or you have a travel head lad , you got the spare lads who ride a hack .
29 Well , you learned to hold your own in those days , but some , some of them were n't too particular about bathing and what washing you know things like that , but er you got the usual crop of pigeon flies but there was no hooliganism , occasionally when , when it was election time and when Sir Richard was candidate for one year I remember , they came round and the people from Street and round that road they paraded through Caldmore and Palfry and there was a little bit of rough stuff went on there heckling and booing and shouting , but I do n't think any harm done .
30 Initially we got the usual diet of karate and war films .
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