Example sentences of "[indef pn] gets [adj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | I thought when someone gets miserable you just sort them out . ’ |
2 | Like when someone gets hurt . |
3 | ‘ Something will have to be done before someone gets hurt . ’ |
4 | Someone gets strangled in the wire and pulls out the plug . |
5 | It , it 's really because as somebody gets older the risk gets very , very great , and it needs all the money that 's built up in the early years to sustain the risk , the charges for the risk later on , in the later years . |
6 | ‘ If you do a good job of the hiring , nobody gets fired , ’ Mandy muttered under her breath . |
7 | We 've all come to use the word condom in public conversation and nobody gets embarrassed about that any more , and that 's what has to happen now . |
8 | But nobody gets sick — nobody . ’ |
9 | As long as nobody gets hurt , we can get through life tolerably well this way . |
10 | That way nobody gets to depend on me , nobody gets hurt . |
11 | I am sure they provide very economical motoring , but no-one gets much enjoyment out of it shall I say . |
12 | It 's bloody and frightening , but no-one gets hurt . |
13 | No-one gets any ‘ choice ’ — it 's Jack and Jill ( and in that order , too ) from start till death do us part . |
14 | ‘ If no-one gets any money , then I 'm quite happy . |
15 | Everyone gets nervous before big competitions , but I think I 've learnt to control my nerves . |
16 | No-one cares unless there is a score , and that 's when everyone gets hot under the collar about it ’ . |
17 | Not everyone gets better at weekends either — sometimes it can take a week or more to recover from the effects of chemicals at work . |
18 | ‘ Well , everyone gets older . ’ |
19 | ‘ Everyone gets annoyed at work because there 's always a lot about the raids on London but when Liverpool gets it they say ‘ the North West ’ . ’ |
20 | It was these incredible , unique sights in the cave which made me enjoy my trip so much , though everyone gets different things from the sport . |
21 | The men she meets , whether named or unnamed ( most of the Arabs are unnamed : everyone gets muddled by Arab names ) , are ‘ Men of Power ’ . |
22 | TAKING GUARD ON THE GRID Techniques Everyone gets double figures on Bob Blakes 's Grid , as Phil Neale of Worcester found . |
23 | Everyone gets ill from time to time . |
24 | They keep the temperature so high you ca n't adjust when you come out , and everyone gets ill . |
25 | Ev everyone gets some spells . |
26 | I mean nothing gets dry outside this time of year oh there 's not much taste in this coffee is there ? , do you think so ? |
27 | It is a common experience that when things go well nothing gets said but when things go badly it is certainly noticed and all hell breaks out . |
28 | ‘ Nothing gets lost here . |
29 | What , make sure no one gets that plate , I 'll do Anthony one , shall we ? |
30 | Listening to the Prime Minister , one gets little idea that a single European currency would end transaction costs for business and tourists ; eliminate exchange rate instability ; provide a stable environment for growth and be the most powerful currency in the world . |