Example sentences of "they [vb mod] get [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She did n't know whether they could get a mortgage or not . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | These old barges — well , they could get a quotation for fire , I suppose , but not against flood or storm damage . " |
| 34 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 35 | And , and were prepared to do the work so long as they could get the say so from erm the Highways Authority . |
| 36 | And th they could get the pronunciation as well , be able to , to speak it properly besides spelling it . |
| 37 | It was very useful for people , because it was the only way they could get the bit of money on a Monday . |
| 38 | This view led to the first restrictions on private members ' capacity to interrupt or hold up business whenever they liked — or whenever they could get the House to listen to them , for there was always considerable self-discipline . |
| 39 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
| 40 | He had n't given much thought to how they could get the Thing into space . |
| 41 | I mean I , I enquired why it went to the District Council Environment and Planning Committee rather than the Coastal Planning Committee and the one reason I was told was speed , they could get the thing brought up there that much more quickly . |
| 42 | But er you 'd think they 'd get a lorry or something to shift it from there . |
| 43 | They 'd get a bit cheeky sometimes and have to be checked . |
| 44 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 45 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 46 | People wanted to be the next model to sit and she 'd chat to them for about an hour and draw , and they 'd get a picture at the end of the session , just like you get in the street . ’ |
| 47 | She would talk loudly and at length and everyone would have to listen to her or they 'd get no food . |
| 48 | ‘ Well , how did they know they 'd get the Admiral ? |
| 49 | I let it be known I was n't really interested in going out again , and hoped they 'd get the message — that I was finished with it . ’ |
| 50 | you heard they 'd get something for themselves but you heard they 'd get the town something an'all |
| 51 | I just wish they 'd get the hell out of My Life . |
| 52 | Mr Porter had said if loyalists did so they would get no support from the House or the country . |
| 53 | It means if we had that spending assessment and our costs , instead of the listeners getting a bill for four hundred pounds in their letterbox in May they would get a cheque for over five hundred pounds . |
| 54 | As powerful as drawing description files can be , they would get a bit unworkable if faced with , say , a colour photograph of a budgerigar . |
| 55 | ‘ Sure , they would get a bit as well , God love them . |
| 56 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
| 57 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 58 | The older ones were pleased because they would get a lot of money , the younger ones were upset because they were thinking about the future . |
| 59 | It was always assumed that they would get a job , a home , a wife and children , in that order . |
| 60 | Frequently when the horses had finished eating they would get the bucket out of the tire and search for any grain that might have spilled underneath . |