Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] get [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Parties such as Plaid Cymru or the Green Party in Great Britain have no chance of controlling the government , although they may get members of parliament ( MPs ) elected and , in certain circumstances , have some say in making the government 's life easier or more difficult .
2 That 's the economy of the motor trade , apparently Henry Ford in America had an upset and er tried to beat the banks and er had loans and he was frightened that they would get control of his business and the we were told that at Dagenham .
3 It promised about 25,000 people who have already booked that they will get refunds of up to £70 each .
4 And the other nice thing is , because know who you are they will tend to accept your cheques , because they know perfectly well that they can get hold of you if they have to !
5 The only way it would matter is that somebody breathes the information to , if they could get hold of a card , and get into an office , they could actually use the information to make a payment .
6 There are even now other issues on the pensions debate we have employers like Telecom using pension funds to fund redundancies we now even have the government looking to see if they can get hold of pension fund money in British Rail and in the Coal Board to see if they can also fund job losses .
7 Provided they can get hold of the Brasso .
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