Example sentences of "got [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't .
2 ‘ We got ourselves a new ball park , ’ said the man from Detroit .
3 He also got himself a new caddie , Froggy Davies .
4 I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens .
5 She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him .
6 This … . madam of ours — ‘ s got herself a greasy Spaniard .
7 It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership .
8 And when the time come , they got her a new kidney , and it never took .
9 Her agent — perhaps he was n't the best in the world — never got her an American tour which , again , might have made all the difference .
10 and er he would n't keep out , so , so in the end the caretaker got him a little chair
11 ‘ I got it a little wrong , ’ says Eva .
12 Well Julie went and got it the other day that 's why fetched her out , to get their presents .
13 what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny .
14 When the Goncourt brothers noted in their Journal in the 1860s that the new Paris resembled ‘ some future American Babylon ’ , they were nearer to the truth than they knew , though they got it the wrong way round , for it was in many of the cities of the United States that French influence was predominant .
15 Good try — but you got it the wrong way round !
16 ‘ When I came down to London , I finally got myself a decent bass , a Fender Mustang , then started changing pickups to get a raunchier , more distorted sound .
17 I do n't think he meant me harm , but somehow I hit the corner of the wardrobe and got myself a black eye and one or two other bruises … ’
18 So , impressed by him , I got myself a bass guitar .
19 I got myself a larger size and even they seemed to be pretty neat .
20 ‘ You gone and got yourself a posh accent , just like Mrs H herself . ’
21 The Fish got us a good position at the back of the club , where we stood on wooden beer crates holding on to each other as the floor seemed about to crack open with heat and stomping .
22 I think the oldest one we 've got is something like got us a Roman coin , they .
23 I 'm not changing my tune , Councillor Wyle knows that in the past I have actually offered to go with them when they 've made erm , visits to the minister , and when he said , we we we tried , but we never got anywhere , and on various issues I 've said , well perhaps if we got us an all party delegation , at least we could have done no worse .
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