Example sentences of "that [pers pn] would get a " in BNC.

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1 I knew that I would get a lift on a boat going up the canal .
2 A fucking pin to kill you , but he wished , this tumbling day , Winnie in the room , that she would get a move on .
3 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 .
4 The attendant watched her , hoping that she would get a little closer to the picture , so that he could relieve the boredom of his long day by telling her to stand back .
5 It did n't occur to her that she would get a good shot in … fine aim had never been one of her strong points — so when she heard him shout her name behind her , her instinct as ever was to run .
6 But he stopped that when there was speculation that she would get a cabinet post if he won .
7 Mr Aziz 's initial reaction encouraged the Russians to believe that they would get a good reply , and get it promptly .
8 It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order .
9 Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past .
10 His mother came , but she did not take him away , and his Uncle Charlie told him that if he wrote another letter like that he would get a thrashing , so he stayed and coped .
11 In her opinion , it was unlikely that he would get a place at Cedars at such a late stage in the year .
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