Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] [adv] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belcher si not a great beer-drinker either , but for Morse and Dexter there 's no better way of ending the day at the pub , one of their favourite haunts is the Kings Arms where you might even get Dexter to admit he might actually share one or two of his creation 's habits . |
| 2 | Nowadays , struggling on in the name of Islamic socialism , Algeria is a place of austerity , one of the few countries on earth where you ca n't get Coca-Cola . |
| 3 | In a village near Amiens , I found a shop where you can still get tea , and enough cakes to make a schoolboy sick for a week . |
| 4 | ‘ They wo n't live where they ca n't get food and comfort . |
| 5 | Some younger son from among Leicester 's tenants , placed by a dutiful father where he could readily get advancement . |
| 6 | You say she 's got no friends or contacts here so she ca n't get work , and she ca n't get money — sooner or later , she 's going to surface . ’ |
| 7 | And install a cattle trough which is , as far as we ho as far as we believe , vandal-proof , in that it 'll be a self-filling c er cistern filled cattle trough which the , the erm the , the ball float is actually contained in a erm a metal box so you ca n't get access to it . |
| 8 | Housing benefit is very , very difficult to get erm and again it 's paid in arrears , and landlords wo n't wait for that , so you ca n't get accommodation erm and you just sort of go down and down with discouragement really . |
| 9 | I mean if , if you er er the whole experience of was that you could get rent reduction and interest rate reduction relatively peacefully so you would n't get disruption etcetera and you would n't get disruption and what , what you might come to recognize as a more , a more viable agricultural system . |
| 10 | It did n't actually exist , although they 'd probably get swarms of people prepared to join it just now if they tried . ’ |
| 11 | They can not speak the language , so they can not get work and they need help . |
| 12 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 13 | they ca n't tell the difference I mean there 's nothing In fact if I ca n't get Krona at Presto and I ca n't get it at Co-op , I shall write to Kr to Pre to Krona and say I 'll have a I 'll have a box . |
| 14 | I might be able to pick up Radio 5 when conditions are good cos I can usually get Radio 2 and even RTE ( Irish station ) late in the evening . |
| 15 | I wondered if she might ever get frostbite ; I was sure I could see little crystals of ice glinting on her faint moustache . |
| 16 | On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank … |
| 17 | Washing-up Liquid : If you ca n't get hold of bleach you can use diluted washing-up liquid instead . |
| 18 | If it 's impossible to placate them or reason with them , if they insist on making your life a misery , if you ca n't get help from friends or a higher authority , then you must turn the tables on them — and fast . |
| 19 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of dental treatment |
| 20 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of wigs and fabric supports |
| 21 | If you ca n't get chick peas , the same sort of salad can be made with haricot beans . |
| 22 | Erm , but you see the point I am making , the idea is that er religion appeals to people , because they , they see the in injustices of the world , erm , you know if er , er , injustice is an , is an inevitable , erm , experience , erm , some of us erm , might be inclined to think especially if you live under the British system of er criminal justice , and so if you ca n't get justice here , perhaps you can after death , because god is ultimately just , and no mistakes will be made in heaven , as it were . |
| 23 | If you can not get hold of one , make smaller muffins in an ordinary bun tray and bake for only 10–15 minutes . |
| 24 | If you can not get hold of dental dams , you can cut open a condom instead ( use the non-lubricated or flavoured varieties ) ! |
| 25 | If you can not get hold of ripe red tomatoes , add one tablespoon of tomato purée to the soup to improve its colour . |
| 26 | If you could just get hold of say , the rainbow |
| 27 | If we ca n't get Havstock Park we 'll move |
| 28 | The simple fact remains that , if we can not get agreement , we may consider taking unilateral action in the United Kingdom . |
| 29 | And while there are scientific minds like those of Stephen Hawking many steps ahead of us we will always want to listen to their stories of exploration — even if we can only get glimpses of what they are trying to describe . |
| 30 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |