Example sentences of "get back a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reawakened his curiosity , the fact that Blackbeard had been willing to hand them all over for getting back a wallet that otherwise contained only a letter . |
| 2 | She 'd gone through all the usual phases : rock fan magazines , writing to film stars , sometimes getting back a photo with a printed signature , usually not . |
| 3 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 4 | I sent off my $5 and I got back a list of occupations : TV repairman , shoe salesman , musician , fireman , axe murderer . |
| 5 | AN ornithologist sent off £20 for a ‘ parabolic microphone kit ’ to record his favourite birdsongs from 250 yards — and got back a WOK used for stir-frying . |
| 6 | I thought if he heard her nonsense directed at someone else he would get back a sense of proportion about it . |
| 7 | Sun got Adobe 's source code in the deal , a reasonably rare occurrence , but Adobe figures it 'll get back a lot of implementation improvements . |
| 8 | World snooker champion , Steven Hendry has paid out ten thousand pounds to get back a cue stolen from him . |