Example sentences of "they got a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he knows actually what we 're trying to do on a Sunday , and they either like to play us , er er once or twice and they got a reasonable ground . |
| 2 | Till they got a good piece through . |
| 3 | Oh no that did n't , and cos they got a good job , I mean five pound seven and six a week a skipper 's earnings . |
| 4 | They got a brilliant reception from the Leeds fans at the end . |
| 5 | They got a five minute pep talk but they did n't get a sermon . |
| 6 | But when Norway and Austria ( the schilling is pegged to the D-mark ) applied for associate membership last year , they got a cool reception . |
| 7 | They got a nasty shock : real bush pilots had been attracted to the UK from the four corners of the earth to get these well-maintained examples , and the high prices they fetched reflected the great demand that still exists for these superb workhorses . |
| 8 | They got a new engine in the mill er the start of the war I think . |
| 9 | They were cleaned until you could see your face in them and fellows were so keen that when they got a new tunic , they would cut all their new buttons off , and put their old buttons on that were beautifully shined . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ The reason KimberlyClark chose Humberside is because they got a higher level of grant aid . |
| 11 | Why they got a little house down there |
| 12 | Forest fans gave it to that slag Clough and in the long run they got a bitter reward . |
| 13 | Well after this if they got a big rest did n't it , because I looked at , when we played Norwich and it was March the nineteenth , well given that there was a game the week before , are you listening to me ? |
| 14 | and they were saying about people with er , F M problems and they got a big coat hanger |
| 15 | And they got a huge boost hours later when it was revealed that the president had made a spectacular recovery in the polls . |
| 16 | From Cullen , where they got a fresh chaise ‘ and very good horses ’ , to Elgin is a distance of about twenty-five miles , through whiskified Speyside . |
| 17 | They got a different background . |
| 18 | I do n't think they got a true picture , especially not of C1 , because the staff reacted in a helluva different way to when the cameras were n't there . |
| 19 | However they got a free kick from one of their lot diving when noone was anywhere near , and Leeds were still beginning to take position when Newell I think takes the kick and Shearer picks it up and scores . |
| 20 | I reckon they got a one-single deal on Epic . |
| 21 | They got a red thumb ! |
| 22 | Now they were provided with a meal for which the police , at that time paid sixpence , and for the sixpence for breakfast they got a thick round of bread , margarine , a piece of cheese and a mug of tea . |
| 23 | But when a camera crew arrived at the rectory , they got a hostile reception . |
| 24 | An old stockman who lived nearby had a gold-pan and a sluice-box — not to mention a very dubious prospector 's map , with ‘ reef gold ’ marked in the most enticing , most improbable places , and they got a bad case of gold fever . |
| 25 | See most people had good intentions , whenever they got a whole lot of stuff from the Cooperative , they would say I 'll lay so much by every week and I 'll have it at the end of the quarter . |