Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] get " in BNC.

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1 People in London and Stockholm may get better suntans , but in Africa the likelihood of drought and famine is magnified many times ; and , as icecaps melt , the sea level will rise , flooding many low-lying areas .
2 Local adjudication offices could not assess individuals and it would be difficult to decide why Mrs. Y should get a top-up but Mrs. X should not .
3 Rick Baker must get a brief mention for his Oscar-winning work on that darkest of tragi-comedies , An American Werewolf in London ( 1981 ) , also John Landis 's masterpiece to date .
4 The jury takes 35 minutes to decide that Jason should get £35,000 .
5 Mitch should get some magnificent shots . ’
6 Rocky may get his chance if England midfielder David Batty fails to make it for the Boro game .
7 Willink thought that perhaps he should not go ; but he also discontented Ramsey by treating it as a problem in how Ramsey should get the best career in a worldly sense .
8 This must put the Canadian health minister in a similar position to Britain 's Kenneth Clarke , when his advisory committee recommended that last year Depo-Provera should get a licence .
9 Pat might get sick before the race , ’ he added with a grin .
10 And Singh 'll get waterlogged . ’
11 and er and so I said to Paul , Ann 'll get plenty conversation today .
12 For example , the historian who is studying a parish in the Sussex Weald might get more enlightenment from an analysis of the economy and social structure of a wood-pasture community in the Forest of Arden than from a comparable study of a nearby parish on the South Downs , which might offer some rewarding contrasts but few points of similarity .
13 Barth was amused and pleased when he heard how someone said that if he and Ramsey could get on so well ‘ the millennium must be round the corner ’ .
14 Before Bull O'Malley could get a chance to reply , Father Devlin raised a conciliatory hand and waved it like a flag of truce .
15 Only Judi could get to her so quickly , and only this discussion could push her over the edge .
16 When Liam managed to get a word with her alone , she said the less fuss they made about it the sooner Nellie would get over it .
17 It 's a town and Neil would get more chance
18 Neil would get more chance in working .
19 It was agreed that on R Pankhurst 's return from leave , he and CW would get together and draft a paper for Management Group .
20 When England 's centre-forward played like he did tonight you have to score two goals because I always thought Wright would get one . ’
21 There seemed little left in the match except the question of whether Wright would get the 36 runs he needed for 5000 in Tests , in what was rumoured to be his last appearance .
22 She and Lucy would get out of this one alive , and all in one piece .
23 Or perhaps you secretly hoped Rocky would get knocked out before he made any sequels .
24 In that way Rocky would get chance to play and develope , Strachan would be able to run rings round the opposition and maybe we get get to beat the scum for a change .
25 I suppose buying Gazza would make it even less likely that Rocky would get a game ; - (
26 Just time to tell you that Ken Clarke won Guess the Scores from Headington ; he said it would finish one all at the Manor , and he said that Martin Foyle would get the goal .
27 And the longer we wait , the stronger Balliol will get , I judge . ’
28 The deal means the French bank will get some of the money it is owed , Madagascar will get debt relief and the Missouri garden will be able to increase its efforts to conserve rare plants , which include training botanists and collecting plants to screen them for medicinal value .
29 sleep all day Ann will get fed up with you she wo n't wan na buy house with you if you do
30 I 'll tell you what I said erm ah ah ah ah she 's talking to herself , but Ann will get on to you she 'll think I have n't done it !
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