Example sentences of "get [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yeah well , I got busted for dope once . |
| 2 | When they did make up the T-shirts — as I backed down and did the separations — they got busted for sedition , which was an obscure act of whenever . |
| 3 | Near as we can make out , the SunSoft Inc deal with Motorola Inc for Solaris on PowerPC is very fresh : it was likely completed over the weekend of March 27 ; weekends are getting popular for closing — the Common Operating Software Environment was n't a deal until the evening of Sunday , March 14 . |
| 4 | ARE GREENPEACE GETTING SET FOR U-TURN ON NUCLEAR POWER ? |
| 5 | Dunnes get fine for beetle infested soup |
| 6 | it was only ten to eight and I got up because I thought I was getting late for work and I 'd better get moving . |
| 7 | And a scribbled note eventually gets printed for posterity . |
| 8 | Perhaps the logical extension of this getting undressed for success in this month 's Playboy , in which Sandra 's regular photographer Michel Comte pictures her in various states of undress ‘ with women , with men — nothing very raunchy . |
| 9 | The room was disarranged , in the way rooms get disarranged for cleaning . |
| 10 | He says he feels sorry for his brother , he fears he may return to a life of crime if he gets desperate for cash . |
| 11 | Cheating wife gets go-ahead for baby claim |
| 12 | Getting ready for bed the first night she said , ‘ I 'm glad I 'm sharing your room , Ruth . |
| 13 | At night , when he was getting ready for bed , he would switch on his bedside lamp and stand with his back to it so he could see his shadow against the far wall . |
| 14 | And then , out of the blue , as she was getting ready for bed on the evening before Kirsty was due to go off on holiday , Mrs Aitken tapped on Shiona 's bedroom door . |
| 15 | She showered , but instead of getting ready for bed she dressed in her new shirt and jeans . |
| 16 | What about you getting ready for bed now ? |
| 17 | A getting ready for school group for the rising fives and parents funded by the school , is run by Christine Swaby , lower school coordinator . |
| 18 | All the little monsters were getting ready for school . |
| 19 | been and gone and we 're now getting ready for Easter , all these and cards are coming into the shops and |
| 20 | While we were all getting ready for work one morning , a few days after the above conversation , one of the other girls ( Martha ) transferred a fifty-pound note from her handbag to the pocket of her apron , which was at that point still hanging by the door with everyone else 's . |
| 21 | It 's 7.00 a.m. on a cold dark morning in Stroud , but 19 year old Jason Scrivens is more than happy to be getting ready for work . |
| 22 | Well it past half past ten , you think he 'd be up and getting ready for work . |
| 23 | the hall was , they 're getting ready for lunch |
| 24 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
| 25 | The men were getting ready for blast off . |
| 26 | When you run get sponsored for Shelter ! |
| 27 | When you run get sponsored for Shelter ! |
| 28 | ‘ I , myself , have been observing this jet as it gets ready for take-off and there is a definite smell of fuel . ’ |
| 29 | Chinatown gets ready for Food Act |
| 30 | Yeah well get ready , but come on go and get ready for school ! |