Example sentences of "get the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
4 | I inadvertently got the best vantage point on one of the most exciting holes in the world ! " |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Gerald Strine in the same newspaper was more forthright : for him Piggott ‘ nearly got the best horse beaten ’ . |
7 | Now Rideout , a £500,000 buy from Rangers , is determined to show Kendall got the best deal . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | England got the all-important shot that took them through to the final which they lost 19-8 to Ireland . |
10 | Philip , affectionately supported by the two women , got the hot water system working . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Mario got the preferred equipment and Ronnie made up for it in sheer aggression . |
13 | And , I got the great accolade the following season when he said , well you 're not as bad as I thought you would be ! |
14 | I was going to make a song and dance when we got the 100th subscriber , but 98 's near enough . |
15 | Because we got the right name ! |
16 | Well what used to be simple and straightforward now leaves you with th wondering whether you got the right card in your pocket |
17 | You sure you got the right place , Antoine ? ’ |
18 | 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 ? |
19 | 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 |
20 | There was a good atmosphere and they got the right result . |
21 | But once I got the right victim , finding the right murderer became easier . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | ‘ Sure you got the right button ? ’ |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Initially we got the usual diet of karate and war films . |
26 | Shakespeare always usually gives you a bit of you know , you just got the two gentleman speaking clear and . |
27 | Cos I I got the two science lectures and thought I 'll try and get a couple of arts lectures , |
28 | Dad got the first cheque through the post today . |
29 | Underwood got the first try , following a searing diagonal run by Heslop , and then returned the compliment by giving Heslop the scoring pass for the second . |
30 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |