Example sentences of "get one " in BNC.

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1 For us , the traverse to the Fish niche required a linked series of skyhook moves ( which is n't easy when you 've only got one ) .
2 My hearing 's not what it was , but I have n't got one foot in the grave .
3 I 've got one life , she told herself : I refuse to be unhappy any more .
4 ‘ You 've got one more shot , ’ said Philip .
5 Our Baby ai n't got one of these .
6 Did you say your husband 's got one of his ?
7 I thought : No one is going to find me attractive , because I 've got one leg , so I might as well forget it .
8 In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with !
9 Though Archie 's Nephew could find nothing extra over the final fences — ‘ He 's only got one gear , ’ said his rider — he held off the challenge of market leader Spring Fun by a neck .
10 He greeted cheering members of the Downing Street staff with handshakes and kisses , declaring : ‘ I have only got one thing to say — it 's nice to be back . ’
11 He sent up a huge cheer in the hallway as he told the Downing Street staff : ‘ I have only got one thing to say — it 's nice to be back . ’
12 ‘ Well , I 've only got one thing to say to you , ’ says Joe , as I wave him and the other day-trippers off : ‘ Lucky bastard ! ’
13 We 've got one of her diaries in the Resource Centre .
14 But we 've got one of these … contract killers on and … ’
15 You have n't got one asset ; and above all , you 're spiteful and greedy .
16 You know he 's got one of these Ford cars now .
17 ‘ I 've got one leg ! ’
18 But then to us they all had the same accent — they were just Yanks , chewing gum , blocking our paths wherever we went , aggravatingly sure of themselves and their instant appeal to all females who had n't actually got one foot in the grave .
19 ‘ We 've got one or two like him in our local , ’ he said to her with a grin .
20 We 've even got one of Mum 's home-baked Christmas puddings left over from last year — ’
21 ‘ We 've still got one horse , ’ said Crane glumly , ‘ but we might as well eat it for it 'll carry none of us . ’
22 ‘ Only one on this bike because it 's only got one seat ’ , ( Simon 4.3 ) .
23 Delaney had already got one leg over the door frame that led below , and would have stopped for no one , except that his glance took in the obvious truth .
24 Peter 's got one of the best short games around and that 's come through hours of practice .
25 ‘ Mother 's got one of these , too , ’ he said , waving the glass vaguely in the direction of the postmaster .
26 I tend to ( but only tend to ) reach for mine ( I have n't got one ) every time I hear the word ‘ religion ’ .
27 After getting an explanation , he replied : ‘ But I have only got one key . ’
28 That turkey has got one chance of avoiding jail , just one , and that chance is by proving to the judge that he 's cleaned up his act .
29 I had got one souvenir and if not identifiable with the shed , at least I knew where it had come from .
30 My wife 's got one of his books .
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