Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [modal v] get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm keeping my fingers crossed that I might get a bit of it to strengthen the squad . ’ |
| 2 | A curate at St Luke 's , an older man from the West Indies , almost persuaded my parents to let me go out to Codrington College in the West Indies , but my headmaster was firm against this , expressing the hope that I might get a scholarship to an English university . |
| 3 | I knew that I would get a lift on a boat going up the canal . |
| 4 | Next morning over breakfast I decide to go back into Þingeyri to catch a plane back to Ísafjöđ3ur in the hope that I can get a boat or bus from there . |
| 5 | When I played , people who heard what I was doing and liked it recommended that I should get a Precision , which I eventually did , but I could n't seem to get enough of my own playing character to come through with it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |
| 7 | They said it was out of date and that I should get a Parrot jacket like the one Adam Faith wears on telly . |
| 8 | I was right , as the answer was that I should get a reply ’ as soon as possible ’ . |
| 9 | I do n't really think that I should get a lot of pleasure out of going to watch croquet tomorrow . |
| 10 | Finally I dragged myself away , telling myself that I 'd get a chance to use it properly soon enough . |
| 11 | But the highlight of it was that I used to get a ride on the dray and I used he he we used to finish up the round at the bottom of erm Road , and Street . |
| 12 | A friend wrote requesting to have his salary allotted to the widow " and that she would get a person to do the business " , but Barratt could see no way for the widow to be of service . |
| 13 | A fucking pin to kill you , but he wished , this tumbling day , Winnie in the room , that she would get a move on . |
| 14 | But he stopped that when there was speculation that she would get a cabinet post if he won . |
| 15 | Her supervisor and other friends in the Faculty encouraged her to think that she would get an appointment at Cambridge eventually if she could hang on . |
| 16 | I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work . |
| 17 | I spotted unexpected wigs and learned — with surrealistic horror — that you could get a wig on the National Health . |
| 18 | it 's just got a bit to cover the pipes , so it just like , sits on the wall , so that you can get a wheelchair underneath . |
| 19 | Cut the boards about 6 to 12mm ( ¼ to ½in ) short so that you can get a batten under them to lift them tight up to the ceiling . |
| 20 | And I said that 's the reason that you can get a car anytime you want it . |
| 21 | Most lay clients assume that you will get a report from their GP , although this is not usually necessary or desirable . |
| 22 | I always held that view and did all I could to press for an election before Christmas in order that we might get a majority large enough to stand the racket . " |
| 23 | they can be rung through to you but p erm will need to be warned that we may get a flood of phone calls |
| 24 | personally an and from er and the rest and he , he 's gone to this area and he 's looked and he , he 's seen and he may have interpreted this , or wanted to interpret it so that when his report went back that the , he was saying that we must get a move on to the people in the Party saying that we need to get involved now , we need to be in all these areas , we need to be helping things develop and , and being a part at the front . |
| 25 | I knew that we could get an immunity , normally by going to the doctor and having a vaccination or inoculation , but I never knew that right inside every one of us there was a built-in fire brigade , a whole troupe of Red Adair troubleshooters just waiting to be called upon to do their stuff . |
| 26 | I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section |
| 27 | ‘ Now that the Conservatives have got in it is more than likely that we will get a base rate cut and so all investment rates will fall . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Your reasoning ’ , he says , ‘ is the same as saying that we can get a rose through planting a noxious weed … |
| 29 | As far as engineering applications are concerned the most remarkable feature of the curve is that we can get a flux density even in the absence of all external agents . |
| 30 | It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order . |