Example sentences of "get [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm which had fire-proofed the building got high praise for the containment of the blaze . |
| 2 | We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) . |
| 3 | And I think the last start was about one o'clock in the morning and you got extra payments for the extra hours . |
| 4 | photographs , she sent me three lovely photographs taken in erm i in St Helens Road the day of her party on the Sunday before Christmas and they were so good I 've ha I 've , I 've got , rushed out and got little frames for them . |
| 5 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 6 | I got little pyjamas for him three ninety nine at . |
| 7 | Although one IBM manager recently got widespread publicity for pointing out that PCs were overtaking mainframes as IBM 's largest source of revenues , this is misleading . |
| 8 | In the past he had only got decent-size rewards for the arrest and conviction of armed robbers and known murderers , not for information leading to a mere interview . |
| 9 | Well , I mean to say , I 've got total admiration for the way you chaps work . |
| 10 | Your adult students have probably all got different reasons for learning English — to pass exams , to get a better job , for travel , or simply because they want to learn . |
| 11 | Well , we 've not got consistency when you 've got different rules for Apex , different rules for CAT , different rules for , different rules for the public services . |
| 12 | Together with Simon , Piggy had always got different solutions for problems because he looked at the world scientifically . |
| 13 | They 've got proper dancers for that … but he makes me run . ’ |
| 14 | And now they tell us we might even have to go to some barn that has n't even got proper floorboards for us to live under as Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) intended . |
| 15 | And you 've got fresh fruit for afters anyway . |
| 16 | It was late in 1844 , a year of severe drought , that Sturt finally got official clearance for the expedition . |
| 17 | We 've got future plans for him like getting him up on his feet and walk short distances with full-length calipers |
| 18 | we , that means I 've got ex , it 's because we do n't have period one and two on Wednesday , yeah , that means we 've got extra time for our French test , I think it was on Wednesday , extra time to practice |
| 19 | I know Paul 's been down to Percy Saint John 's and they are quite far ahead believe it or not they have got separate sheets for most subjects and we 'll able to do that English at pri Spring Gardens is good , so it maths because that was actually dealt with by erm Barbara |
| 20 | It 's got average mileage for the , well below average mileage for the year . |
| 21 | oh , you look nothing like him , you 've got blond hair for starters |
| 22 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |
| 23 | ‘ At least we 've got dacent wet'er for ye , Crilly . |
| 24 | Add to this the variety of the ‘ sporting ’ events and you 've got double-top value for money . |
| 25 | And they 've got good reasons for what they do . |
| 26 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
| 27 | ’ I 've got great sympathy for the people of Upton because unless they understand the situation , then I can see why they 're fearful . |
| 28 | We 've all got innate ability for something or other , you know what innate means ? |
| 29 | Is it a very good plumb , oh you 've got plumb line for the top and the bottom have n't you ? and hope . |
| 30 | We 've got spare parts for the engine . |