Example sentences of "would get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As powerful as drawing description files can be , they would get a bit unworkable if faced with , say , a colour photograph of a budgerigar . |
| 2 | His mother came , but she did not take him away , and his Uncle Charlie told him that if he wrote another letter like that he would get a thrashing , so he stayed and coped . |
| 3 | When I was a young girl I and my sisters would get a boat and slip away , visiting friends from island to island . |
| 4 | But , under the system now envisaged by Mr MacGregor 's officials , higher education students would get a certificate proving they were on a recognised course and apply by post to the Glasgow-based Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 5 | Once you got down to Question 11 , the questioner would get a deeply unhelpful written response which would , if the civil servants knew their business , leave no one any the wiser . |
| 6 | Mr Aziz 's initial reaction encouraged the Russians to believe that they would get a good reply , and get it promptly . |
| 7 | It was nice to talk over old times and Swire Sugden assured me that in future he would get a consensus before sending in the bulldozers . |
| 8 | We knew we would get a big loss this year partly because of the cost of the changes we have made . |
| 9 | A disappointed Mr Smith indicated that several of his players would get a breather when they entertain Grimsby on Saturday , to ensure fresh legs for the semi-final replay at Villa Park on Monday . |
| 10 | Regulations about auditing pension funds hinder profitability , but without them nobody would get a fair pension . |
| 11 | He thought that she must be feeling a great deal of pain , and that there was nothing he could do about it , and that , if his suspicions were correct , her pain would get a great deal worse … |
| 12 | The Mayor , while not quantifying his optimism added , ‘ that there was no doubt they would get a large number of members from Reading and Maidenhead ’ . |
| 13 | He led her up some stairs to a steel gallery from which he said they would get a bird's-eye-view of the operation . |
| 14 | I knew that I would get a lift on a boat going up the canal . |
| 15 | The meetings were considered successful , and doubtless those who came to take part in them would get a double benefit from the fine air and the healthful scenes around that beautifully situated city . |
| 16 | This I did , and good old Dad was so nice about it , saying he would get a sheet of glass and putty at the week-end . |
| 17 | H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it . |
| 18 | If you have paid contributions for , say , 25 years , out of a working life of 39 , you would get a pension of 74 per cent of the full amount . |
| 19 | It was due to leave the main door at noon and wend its way to the arena by a circuitous route through the grounds , so that as many people as possible would get a good view . |
| 20 | More than that and you would get a belt on your hand for every one that was incorrect . |
| 21 | It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order . |
| 22 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |
| 23 | A fucking pin to kill you , but he wished , this tumbling day , Winnie in the room , that she would get a move on . |
| 24 | After this was over he would get a full medical check . |
| 25 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
| 26 | At worst you would get a severe electric shock , which could prove fatal . |
| 27 | Everyone in France fervently hoped that , having been denied a grand finale on the Paris stage by a bunch of mean Englishmen in the World Cup , Blanco would get a second chance . |
| 28 | ‘ If the public saw this film they would get a much better idea of what it is like to be disabled , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Tate , who admitted assault , was told he would get a five-week sentence when he next appeared to fit in with his break from the ship . |
| 30 | For that — according to one of his advertisements of 1867 — you would get a hearse and two coaches with four horses each , plus all the necessary equipments , shell , lead coffin , outer case ( handsomely finished ) covered with velvet or fine cloth , with enamelled furniture . |