Example sentences of "[pers pn] get [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A London elocution teacher , Edwina Pickett ( inundated with demands for lessons ) , adds , ‘ I get girls who want to marry well , who do n't want to marry a lorry driver . ’ |
| 2 | One of my bigger irritations is when I have an enormously tight schedule taking me all over the country and I get calls — sometimes on my mobile phone when I 'm stuck in the middle of a field somewhere — insisting that it 's vitally important I attend a meeting that has just been scheduled for three o'clock that afternoon in London , which could easily have been planned at least two weeks earlier . |
| 3 | I get letters from single women bemoaning the absence of men ; and from single men bemoaning the absence of women . |
| 4 | I get letters from people who ask me if 14-year-olds are ready to have sex with 20-year-olds , or even if ten-year-olds are ready to have sex with 19-year-olds . |
| 5 | We chatted for a while about the trials and tribulations of being a stately home owner , and there are plenty of headaches I will admit , but I get headaches and nothing else — prices going up , wages going up , everybody wanting their ten per cent , she said . |
| 6 | ‘ I get headaches . |
| 7 | ‘ I get quicker answers to prayers from God than I get answers to my letters . |
| 8 | Unless I get answers to my questions then you and the rest of the crew will find yourselves explaining to the police instead . |
| 9 | How come I get honours in tap then ? |
| 10 | You know I get things now , I just have to throw them some of them . |
| 11 | True , sometimes my memory fails me , I get things slightly mixed up , but I am not a liar . |
| 12 | Always does when I get things ready . |
| 13 | Cos this is another thing , sometimes they 'll say discount , and I get ta I get students who said to me , what does this mean ? |
| 14 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 15 | If entry of my name , etc , in the directory automatically means I get copies of Nonesuch then please forget it . |
| 16 | Er I I get portions sometimes . |
| 17 | ‘ I get complaints from the customer ’ |
| 18 | For reproduction I get prints made . |
| 19 | ‘ Now I get loads and loads of letters from teenagers looking for a career in the sport . |
| 20 | Erm but I get situations quite because the dire situation . |
| 21 | ‘ Hope I get legs like yours when I grow up . ’ |
| 22 | She half turned to look at Curtis , raised her heavily bandaged hand and shuddered as she added , ‘ I get nightmares now , just thinking about that man and what he did to me . ’ |
| 23 | When I stay in hotels around the world , do you know I get photos of naked women pushed under my door with phone numbers on them ? |
| 24 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |
| 25 | ‘ I get messages all the time . ’ |
| 26 | It 's working extremely well , and the money I get helps with childminding costs ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ I get blisters in the sun . |
| 28 | Whenever I get depressed I get gigs and I remember why I 'm a musician . |
| 29 | ‘ Whenever I get depressed I get gigs and I remember why I 'm a musician . ’ |
| 30 | When I get trousers on I 'll . |