Example sentences of "they [verb] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For small cichlids it is possible , for example , to use nylon net curtains as gravel tidies , but these would be no good when it comes to large cichlids as they tend to get hold of the soft material and pull it out of place . |
| 2 | No , but , even , even some of those erm the only thing is they tend to get work and they tend not to tell you they 've done it . |
| 3 | see they 've got Tina Turner tonight . |
| 4 | Lights and everything like that is is is lovely to see but you see they 've got lights here in Leicester which other cities and places have n't got . |
| 5 | They use it a lot more than other words that are in the dictionary but no one 's ever heard of so they want to get usage . |
| 6 | They want to get nourishment from anything they can , including any characters entering . |
| 7 | Being aware of the ( external ) divergence between these cultures and ‘ mainstream ’ culture , they are anxious to avoid imposing what they call ‘ crude mainstream stereotypes ’ on to the interpretation of these internal systems : they want to get access to what the patterns of behaviour mean internally and how these are perceived by in-group members . |
| 8 | The other area was er the area of er tour operators and allocations because as you know holidays was not one of your accounts and we wandered in there only to find that they 'd got allocations and business was |
| 9 | Yes , but you went last week so I did n't but they 'd got stuff for you |
| 10 | They returned to the stand-pipe where they 'd got water from earlier , to find the tanker gone . |
| 11 | They 'd got Bri home ! |
| 12 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 13 | Because they , they they 'd got cellars in that cottage so that the cellars became the ar armoury and there was erm ammunition and everything in there and the back of there , which was the garden , we could use as , as parade area so it was it was very central and that 's where we finished up as headquarters for I 'll say D Company , for Bloxwich . |
| 14 | ‘ Grimwood reports Newman did arrive and spoilt their act just as they 'd got Lennox to agree to sign . |
| 15 | You know , they said they 'd got drawings and then , well , where are they ? |
| 16 | And this is what the other blacksmiths had done : they 'd got hold of the horse 's hair and the horse could n't bear it to be touched . |
| 17 | Is this when they rang up and said they 'd got cakes left ? |
| 18 | you know was that they 'd got results which they could n't sort of like apply |
| 19 | And then me grandfather suddenly appeared , many years later , when they 'd got children that were grown up then , all of them , he appeared to these girls , would you believe it ? |
| 20 | She was that looking forward to living in the Daye House , once they 'd got planning permission . ’ |
| 21 | Usual anti-climax — old birds standing round a bit o' grass at t'back they 'd got lease of for a few hours , wi' a garden label saying Mrs Edna Morrison and a few bunches of chrysanths put in rows . |
| 22 | The French police ran a check on fingerprints , and found they 'd got Puddephat . |
| 23 | They 'd got babies on their back , and they 'd be swinging them up over their hips . |
| 24 | Cooking dinner , and if she got a what's-a-name , if they 'd got parties on , she used to stop there had to stop there till two . |
| 25 | And there 's the the the last cooper cooper see they 'd got coopers . |
| 26 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 27 | But they seem to get things done at Edingley at site meetings . |
| 28 | They manage to get food sent through to the controlled zones and I saw a van come back laden with fruit which the compañeros had sent them in return . |
| 29 | Yeah , but then do n't they have to get permission ? |
| 30 | Would they have got bongo ? |