Example sentences of "we [vb mod] get [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | we 've done very well for escaping it , the only trouble is we have n't got the rain and now , this , this coming summer I dread to think what 's gon na happen , look how dry those fields are , just look at it if we get a wind up , if we , a wind starts to blow it 'll move a lot of this , it will just lift it up into the air , we 'll get clouds of soil blowing all over the place . |
2 | ‘ Talking about steamrollers , ’ Otley said , ‘ it would be handy if we could get hold of one . ’ |
3 | But it was the only one we could get hold of . |
4 | Yeah he 's a very you know it 's funny I know it 's the worst time to do a phone in actually because people are doing other oh I 've got me foot caught in the whatsit but erm I thought I thought we 'd get loads of people on saying I 'd been very rude saying that this was er er er nation of animal haters and abusers . |
5 | Of course we shall get howls of laughter . |
6 | Mr McFadyen said : ‘ We 've already been pledged financial support by several organisations if we can get part of the old school building as a community centre . ’ |
7 | Erm I think that 's ab the best that though we can get word of mouth , erm getting to know the individuals . |
8 | I wonder if we can get hold of some more attractive furniture . |
9 | cos they 're not X directory if we can get hold of the number , er so she 's going to say to her could she do it any quicker and I said well the woman said if she could do it any quicker she would ring me , she asked for me phone number . |
10 | you get , see if we can get hold of like , I mean you wo n't be able to get hold of a Wurlitzer because nowadays they 're like gold dust , but you might be able to get hold of parts , you see . |
11 | I do n't want them to pity them , we can get hold of them and win . |
12 | I think one of the things that has to be addressed is not " who does this belong to ? " but " what is the basis for a common approach ? " so that we can get a common assessment policy so that we can get reassessment whenever it 's required , so that we can get packages of care devised that are appropriate to the needs of people and so on . |