Example sentences of "get a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you move straight from chapter 5 to chapter 8 you will get a stark contrast between two theories of justification , and all you need to know for the moment is that I take the intervening chapters to provide a reason against any form of foundationalism . |
| 2 | Youngsters will get a sporting chance |
| 3 | You can get a general idea of the kinds of things they do by studying Figure 3 . |
| 4 | Erm you must have heard of the phrases of poncing , where somebody is operating a prostitute and if they do n't get a required amount of money a week or er er an amount of money where they consider it sufficient , they 'll probably go and beat them up or something like that . |
| 5 | And er half heatedly she decided she ought , she could n't have any more children you know she 'd , I do n't think it was money so much that she thought she 'd got enough and somebody told her about this Slippery Elm , well you could get a Slippery Elm drink , you know you know these milky foods if you 've got a poor tummy , that that can , er she bought a tin of this Slippery Elm drink , and she drunk gallons of it and it was doing her good and she thought er she thought it would n't , she 'd gone wrong you see . |
| 6 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
| 7 | Oh well I I think I 'm gon na get a long way . |
| 8 | I know they quite right They can get a long lie . |
| 9 | Under Swiss law she would get a long prison sentence . |
| 10 | If they walk in there they 'd get a right haul , they 'd have the lot . |
| 11 | If I 'm late I 'll get a right hammering . ’ |
| 12 | How can I get a flat tummy ? |
| 13 | Like Miss if you do n't do hard work you 'll get a flat face ! |
| 14 | How do you get a flat face if you do n't do hard work ? |
| 15 | The windows up here were waist-high , but very deep , and she found that by lifting herself up into the actual narrow embrasure , and leaning precariously forward , she could get a limited view of the clearing below . |
| 16 | To keep your shoes off the floor why not get a hanging shoe rack with multi-purpose compartments ? |
| 17 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 18 | Yes , you will get a sore bottom be careful . |
| 19 | They were trying to isolate the gene that produces insulin and insert it into the nucleus of a bacterium , so that you could get a self-replicating life-form which could then be used in the treatment of diabetes , or else it could provide a source of insulin that was n't animal-derived and did n't give you rejection problems . |
| 20 | In fact , provided the secondary potential is only around 30 volts or less , you can not get a noticeable shock from the secondary circuitry . |
| 21 | But if you pare your officers to the bone , if you cut them any longer , you will not get a decent service from them , you will just have people in boxes with lids firmly placed on them and then where will the union be ? |
| 22 | Oh that way I can then get a decent cable run I think to the garage . |
| 23 | I could never get a decent swing with my left hand , but at best I would use it only to repel boarders . |
| 24 | Well you wo n't get a decent price for it at a car boot sale John . |
| 25 | We might even get a decent day 's work out of ‘ em . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Can I get a decent suit there ? ’ |
| 27 | You can get a decent bit of fish ca n't you ? |
| 28 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
| 29 | And anyway , you could n't get a decent table up those stairs , they 're too narrow . |
| 30 | Beasant 's goalkeeping spared Chelsea another drubbing at Crystal Palace on Boxing Day and so long as their strikers remain on target they could get a decent result today . |