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

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1 It was the way he asked get a cloth , that 's what he was saying , I was howling .
2 He tried to get a fix on it .
3 I followed him down the stairs , listening to him curse and shout ; in the front hall he tried to get a jacket on over his clothes but could n't get it to fit over his hand holding the gun .
4 Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency as he tried to get a look at the situation .
5 He tried to get a job but he could n't .
6 He tried to get a post at the British Museum , and was most indignant when it went to George Children , a friend of Davy and thus possessing superior patronage .
7 ‘ If he tried to get a laugh and it was n't successful , I could see him bristle , ’ she said .
8 It was a very special goal , and he has got a special talent . ’
9 He has got a tan from his Christmas holiday .
10 His bedroom is massive and he has got a stereo , a colour television , a tapedeck , a Scalextric track , an electric guitar and amplifier .
11 I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose .
12 He has got a big name already but it 's going to get even bigger in Italy .
13 He has got a voice I would recognise again , ’ said Hunt laconically .
14 Incidentally , the Minister of State knows that he has got a real pressure group round his neck when it comes to disability and the disabled .
15 For he is suddenly , miraculously , aware that he has got a wonderful — no ! — a perfect alibi ; an alibi which has been given to him by the very person he has just killed .
16 Another pointer to this being made up is that he has got a degree , so should have an IQ at least marginally above yer average player .
17 Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case .
18 8 days later , he 's hardly found his way round the corridors of power , but he has got a front bench job .
19 He has got a few bruises .
20 He has got a few bruises .
21 A Liverpool City Council spokesman said : ‘ He has got a disabled facilities grant and mandatory renovation grant . ’
22 He has got a terrible gash on the top of his head and some bruising to his shoulder .
23 No but he has got a bit of an accent .
24 Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat .
25 Quite possibly he has got a flea duck .
26 he has got a short hand , look at all his fingers they look like they 've all been trimmed off
27 he has got a bit of a belly on him actually
28 Well he has got a job you know
29 no he do n't bunk , he , he has got a lot of things , you know , he orders and that
30 But erm lately he has got a lot worse .
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