Example sentences of "would get a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Aziz 's initial reaction encouraged the Russians to believe that they would get a good reply , and get it promptly . |
| 2 | It was due to leave the main door at noon and wend its way to the arena by a circuitous route through the grounds , so that as many people as possible would get a good view . |
| 3 | But then , a week later , she had a visit from a strange man enquiring for her father , and who , after being told of his demise , informed her he had been asked to sell the property for which he had felt able to assure her father he would get a good price , seeing that land around was scarce . |
| 4 | She should n't run off with any of his old mates or she would get a good hiding when he came home . |
| 5 | I was a better investment than my sister , because I passed the eleven-plus , went to grammar school , would get a good job ( university was later seen to offer the same arena of advantages ) , marry a man who would , as she said , buy " me a house , and you a house . |
| 6 | they would get a good dividend of it . |
| 7 | It did n't occur to her that she would get a good shot in … fine aim had never been one of her strong points — so when she heard him shout her name behind her , her instinct as ever was to run . |
| 8 | They would put things on a proper footing , he would take a job , they would get a good housekeeper . |
| 9 | Obviously during the pregnancy she was visiting the doctor so she would get a good check up . |
| 10 | He thought that she must be feeling a great deal of pain , and that there was nothing he could do about it , and that , if his suspicions were correct , her pain would get a great deal worse … |
| 11 | One thing that I think we have to be very careful about , if we did legalize cannabis there would be a proportion of adolescents who would get a great kick out of it , but there would those who do n't get the kick because it 's not illegal . |
| 12 | The disribution of votes would probably mean that any really appalling player from the 70s would get a similar number of votes to a pretty poor player from more recent years . |
| 13 | They thought they would get a warm welcome when they offered the money to the charity-funded hospice in Milton , Cambs . |
| 14 | Just a reply to that though if for instance the foyer bar became a jazz club and it was it was a the jazz club all the time then it would get a name of it 's own and it would get a reasonable quality . |
| 15 | And the only time you would get a new pair was if the top part of the shoe |
| 16 | Someone would get a new car , or a new cat : a tree would be lopped : the milkman 's horse bolt . |
| 17 | The town would get a new two-screen cinema , new shops and restaurants . |
| 18 | Tate , who admitted assault , was told he would get a five-week sentence when he next appeared to fit in with his break from the ship . |
| 19 | So we would get a screaming phone call from one of the local nurseries , and ten minutes later a howling , sopping bundle lands on the doorstep and the welcoming buti scoops it up , sick and nappies and all . |
| 20 | If a bird tried to eat one it would get a nasty shock because it would taste foul . |
| 21 | Under Swiss law she would get a long prison sentence . |
| 22 | The meetings were considered successful , and doubtless those who came to take part in them would get a double benefit from the fine air and the healthful scenes around that beautifully situated city . |
| 23 | Any snake deciding to bury its teeth in this leather would get a free ride to New York . |
| 24 | At worst you would get a severe electric shock , which could prove fatal . |
| 25 | Or if the ground was kind of wet we used to er make slide then and skate along on it and if the ground got dry we would get a old bucket or something and run round to the tap at the tank at the back of the school and get a a lot of water wet till you could slip on it . |
| 26 | So we we we tend to have a different sort of , probably if you 'd , if you ask that question differently you would get a different percentage . |
| 27 | You would get a different sort of feel again by installing a big armoire or bureau bookcase if you could afford one or the other . |
| 28 | I have no doubt whatever , that if they commissioned an outside and objective research organisation to ascertain from their members whether this was how they wanted their contributions spent , they would get a resounding ‘ no ’ . |
| 29 | We knew we would get a big loss this year partly because of the cost of the changes we have made . |
| 30 | I knew I would get a big sentence . |