Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] get their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , business in Hungary and the Czech and Slovak republics is going very well , Turner says , because their respective governments have told firms they must get their financial systems up to Western standards . |
| 2 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 3 | But they 'll get their own back ! |
| 4 | They could get their marching orders . |
| 5 | Western fans knew that they 'd get their mythical moral dramas , lovers of sloppy romance knew they 'd get their climatic tears . |
| 6 | Western fans knew that they 'd get their mythical moral dramas , lovers of sloppy romance knew they 'd get their climatic tears . |
| 7 | And occasionally , when the market or those subterranean voices demand , they will get their due accord before dropping back out of sight . |
| 8 | They know that they will get their allotted portion of time on the news , whether or not they say or do anything newsworthy . |
| 9 | ‘ So as they can get their damned toes out and waggle then at people ! ’ |
| 10 | Most behaviour problems are triggered by situations where children have learned that if they try hard enough they can get their own way ( Bijou and Baer 1976 ) . |
| 11 | But unfortunately unless this restraint is very clear and firmly upheld children will rapidly learn , by making a great scene , particularly in public , that they can get their own way . |
| 12 | These jokes are liable to turn all your friends into a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just so they can get their own back on you . |
| 13 | On holiday and at weekends , however , they recover their loss of sleep since they can get their full quota , say 8 hours , between 2 and 10 o'clock in the morning . |