Example sentences of "[noun pl] got a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The matched each other until 4–4 in the third and then her returns got a bit shorter and Audra was able to take advantage . ’ |
| 2 | Both policies got a big hand . |
| 3 | Shareholders got a special interim dividend of 3p in November to cover these results . |
| 4 | I , mines got a in it by the way , beer belly |
| 5 | The rest of the lads got a fair distance down the freeway en route to Toronto before they realised they 'd lost him , went back , and found him still sitting there like a tit in a trance nodding away to his Walkman . |
| 6 | The new arrangements were supposed to ensure that true fans got a fair chance , but a Sunderland Supporters Association spokeswoman said yesterday that was not the case . |
| 7 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
| 8 | Dozens of impresarios got a piece of the now clandestine action , battling , often bloodily , for control over neighbourhoods . |
| 9 | TWO hundred kids got a special preview of ‘ West Side Story ’ on Tuesday night , thanks to Opera Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | The youngsters got a lift back with chemical workers on a day trip . |
| 11 | Yes the youngsters got a shot last season with the bad injuries we had . |
| 12 | Mr Milken offered a stamp of approval to both sides : investors trusted that he offered only good deals , not bad ones ; takeover bidders and bank lenders to the bids got a ‘ comfort letter ’ from Mr Milken assuring them that the finance would be there if the takeover went ahead . |
| 13 | The pound was in no-man 's land but there were some gains in blue chip and second line shares as buyers got a whiff of a brighter 1993 . |
| 14 | If the Brigade was still around the village and things got a bit quieter I would keep that date , and treat them to British steak and kidney , etc . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery . |
| 16 | And then when things got a wee bitty better we used to have the Camerons up from Kilray from Kerry to dance to the Play at the dances . |
| 17 | ‘ Things got a bit out of hand when they rang back and asked us talk live to Gerry . |
| 18 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 19 | In the 1000s , things got a little more complex . |
| 20 | But when she was about six weeks old things got a bit more serious . |
| 21 | Rivals got a stay order from the courts , though after a backroom deal in mid-March the government got its way . |
| 22 | Allotment holders got a letter from the council 's pollution control technician warning them that under the terms of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act , the council would be obliged to take formal action if the smoke from an allotment bonfire amounted to a nuisance . |
| 23 | In 1944 , the Players got a three-week holiday when Irving Berlin brought an all-soldier musical , This Is The Army , to town . |
| 24 | A party of Northern region members got a first-hand view of British Nuclear Fuels ' controversial thermal oxide reprocessing plant when they visited the company 's Sellafield site . |
| 25 | The lad 's prize was a silver shilling , the maids got a shilling and a kiss , and Mrs. Jarrett — well , for one terrified minute she thought she was due a kiss , too , but instead she had a stately one-round waltz on the meadow with the master , while everyone else laughed 206 or cheered or sang their own idea of a waltz tune . |
| 26 | Although reported second-hand , it is said that one chap who 's $5,000 in the red and 90 days behind with payments got a call from the card company . |
| 27 | On east coast boats in the 1870s , Lewis hands got a fixed wage of £7 to £10 for a six-week period with an additional 6d or 1/- for every cran ( basket weight ) fished . |
| 28 | All God 's children got a bad chest |
| 29 | HARWICH police got a nasty surprise yesterday when a member of the public placed a suspected unexploded bomb on their counter . |
| 30 | ‘ The police got a phone call saying somebody had been murdered in the Kurhotel . ’ |