Example sentences of "gets is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only cleaning the house gets is when I force him to put the Hoover round on pain of a black eye . |
| 2 | However even in other countries the honour he gets is the wrong sort . |
| 3 | The warmth rating a bag gets is due to its filling/insulation ; construction — the way the filling is organised in the bag — and the level of ‘ loft ’ it is capable of — how well the filling can expand within the shell to trap air for insulation . |
| 4 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 5 | But all one gets is : |
| 6 | Only , what he gets is one of Charlie 's list of ringers , girls who look enough like the real thing to justify what he charges . |
| 7 | You mean that after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand ? ’ |
| 8 | Does he realise that what the country now needs from him is hope , but all that it gets is complacency ; that what the country needs from him is leadership , but all that it gets from him is excuses ; that what the country now needs is a Government who will act , but what it has is a Government paralysed by the election who dodge the issues , duck the realities and do nothing ? |
| 9 | The impression one gets is that , in the past , every student relied on income support , at least over the summer period . |
| 10 | In many contexts the impression one gets is that this happening is not something the speaker would have expected , but all such uses express a critical judgement on the person represented as the infinitive 's support having gone ahead and done something when , in the speaker 's opinion , he should not have . |
| 11 | Within this text , which ends after Mome Elwis 's speech in reply , a speech that matches that of Dame Sirith when she initially protects herself , the wretched clerk finds that the only answer he gets is a speech that matches his own for its wordiness and clichéd character — a speech in which Mome Elwis well may mouth the same formulae as Dame Sirith in the equivalent situation , as quoted above . |
| 12 | When it comes to shops , the most adventurous he gets is a visit to Marks and Spencer . |
| 13 | When it comes to shops , the most adventurous he gets is a visit to Marks and Spencer . |