Example sentences of "that they [modal v] get a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order . |
| 2 | They seemed to know when the tragedy of the previous night had occurred , and had maybe come to the theatre in such numbers in the vague hope that they might get a repeat showing . |
| 3 | According to these employers it was teachers who needed WE more than pupils , so that they could get a picture of what engineering was really like ( as opposed to media misrepresentations — strikes , redundancies , etc. ) and so put across a ‘ good image ’ of engineering , hopefully attracting the ‘ brighter pupils ’ into the industry . |
| 4 | Hunting dogs in Africa and wolves in North America also hunt in teams , snapping at the heels of an antelope or a moose , one taking over from the other until their victim is so exhausted that they can get a grip on it with their teeth and pull it down . |
| 5 | I know uncles who 've given salamis and bo bottles to the teach to give their sons and daughters a good report so that they can get a place in university . |
| 6 | Or they can converse in a sense that they can get a chord progression or a melody together that actually works , and says something , irregardless of the words . |