Example sentences of "he [verb] get [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However little his lordship might think of Birmingham or a Birmingham man , he failed to get admission that night to the platform and was ‘ left swearing ’ .
2 Social security is when you have n't got no money and he has got money .
3 I 'm so glad he has got preferment .
4 He has got potential .
5 No he , he must continue doing what he has got time to do .
6 Well , I think , once he gets established , and once he starts getting work in , I think meself , that work will start , wo n't say rolling in , but I think the work 'll start coming in after about three months and I can get established .
7 It must be an a , because he , he , he , he said he 'd got chance of one but it did whacking great six inch er sixteen inch wheels on !
8 He kept on , and it was worse because he 'd got hold of the helmet now and was smashing it against the toilet .
9 Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him .
10 He 'd got business .
11 Amiss decided not to mention the dead bodies he 'd been coming across since he 'd got chummy with Jim Milton .
12 Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him .
13 Erm , from what I knew of erm I knew he 'd got access to firearms .
14 He 'd got sort of hard in consequence .
15 And the first letter told me that he 'd got stomach upset .
16 Of course he ca n't do the job that he was doing and he 'd got potential of the future with , you understand what I mean ?
17 The man convicted of murdering pregnant housewife Marie Wilkes says he hopes to get bail so he can be set free .
18 Wherever he was in the world he managed to get hold of all the important rugby results .
19 It was much more , he thought as he moved the boiling pan off the stove and on to the floor , trying to ignore the unholy smell of bleach that came off it as it sloshed against the sides of the vessel , that he had simply woken up one morning and realized , to use a phrase a friend had used about someone else 's wife , ‘ what he had got hold of ’ .
20 Anselm had not yet visited Canterbury , but he had got hold of the one thing necessary for understanding the members of the old monastic community : they wanted recognition of their saints and understanding of their tradition .
21 This Ethiopian , he had come to Jerusalem , he was a , he was a a , go , a Godly man , he was seeking after the things of God , and he had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage to worship God , and he was returning home , and he had got hold of the scroll that had Isaiah fifty three in it , and he was reading it , and Philip goes up to the man in the chariot , he said , do you understand what you 're reading ?
22 I wondered at what point he had got religion .
23 After marriage he had got fatter , and less lively .
24 He had got wind of a rumour that Vincent planned to sponge off his rich relatives and he hoped it was n't true .
25 Chen wanted to reach out and take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death , but first he had to get hold of the copy and get out with it .
26 He hoped to get government support at the second reading of the bill on 26 March .
27 He 's got chicken pox .
28 He 's got chicken pox at the moment I think
29 He 's got plenty money , ’ he said .
30 ‘ I suppose he 's got flu now and I 'm expected to manage as usual with only half of you here .
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