Example sentences of "he [verb] got " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader is both astonished and utterly convinced , as he is later on in the interview when Porfiry plays the dangerous game of saying he has got no real proof , he 's going on hunch and ‘ psychology ’ — so Raskolnikov had better confess . |
| 2 | He has got off lightly : we learn with mildly comic surprise of mitigating circumstances : he had been good to a consumptive fellow student , and he had saved two children from a blazing house , getting burnt himself while doing so . |
| 3 | Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly . |
| 4 | Surely if he has got it you ought to encourage it … |
| 5 | She said : ‘ He has got away with less than two years in prison . |
| 6 | It seems that Watkins 's energies have gone into making sure he has got the details right at the expense of analysis . |
| 7 | Roosevelt sent a note to Ambassador Winant two days later saying : ‘ please take the following message personally to Winston and convince him that he has got to come through . |
| 8 | He has got through a dozen of them over the years and generations of cricketers have passed by . |
| 9 | Peter Monroe , president of the RTC 's supervisory board , said in a recent interview that he has got ‘ a pretty clear message from Congress ’ that he is not running a social service . |
| 10 | He can not forbid the Common Law Courts to try an action ; but he can forbid a man to bring it , or to go on with it , or to take advantage of the judgement which he has got , and can put him in prison if he does not obey . |
| 11 | — And even if he has got his sights set on Bella 's money , I 'll fix that . |
| 12 | God remains committed to the world he has got . |
| 13 | ‘ He has got this mannerism when he gets excited . |
| 14 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 15 | ‘ He has got to , he has got to , ’ confirmed the seer . |
| 16 | ‘ He has got to , he has got to , ’ confirmed the seer . |
| 17 | It was a very special goal , and he has got a special talent . ’ |
| 18 | Taylor might have been wildly and dangerously wrong , of course , but on the whole he has got where he is ( he is now Lord Chief Justice ) by getting things exactly right . |
| 19 | He has got a tan from his Christmas holiday . |
| 20 | His bedroom is massive and he has got a stereo , a colour television , a tapedeck , a Scalextric track , an electric guitar and amplifier . |
| 21 | He has got loads of back issues of Big and Bouncy so we looked through them , then Nigel had a cold shower while I cooked the soup and cut the French loaf . |
| 22 | I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose . |
| 23 | I 'm so glad he has got preferment . |
| 24 | Well he was a bit mad Elsie you know that and I am afraid he has got worse now . |
| 25 | ‘ I think he has got my temperament , ’ says Brian Gedge , David 's dad . |
| 26 | In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 . |
| 27 | ‘ He has got himself into the most God almighty muddle , ’ he said , adding almost hopelessly , ‘ he is not a worldly person . |
| 28 | But now he has got the measure of it . |
| 29 | My dealings with the café owner have left me with the impression that he has got to breaking point with the number of canoeists being attracted to the Fairy Glen and has singled out a canoeist who happens to drive a red Escort van and has used this as an excuse for stopping other canoeists when the real reason goes much deeper and in my opinion is linked to financial gain . |
| 30 | He knows what budget he has got , when the record will be released and how … |