Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next year he may not get a drive at all . |
| 2 | ‘ I bet he 'll still get a spot for the summer if he gets things sorted out . ’ |
| 3 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 4 | ‘ He could n't get a flight back because of all the journalists wanting to get down here , or so he claims . |
| 5 | You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it . |
| 6 | A LABOURER who was depressed because he could n't get a job was found dead in the rear of a stolen van parked behind a college annex , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 7 | Actually , he could probably get a game . |
| 8 | If a motorist did enter , he would eventually get a bill . |
| 9 | His grandmother said if it was a fact he would not get a grant she would finance him but that he should find out . |
| 10 | If he were very lucky , he would also get a bonus : Coleby might provide him with evidence of murder . |
| 11 | He did n't know how high a temperature they could take before they went into shut-down , and he supposed he would n't get a chance to record his findings if he did pursue the experiment to the end . |
| 12 | He would n't get a mile clear of the track . |
| 13 | They took a different view , however , and told him he would n't get a penny . |
| 14 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 've phoned the agent in Palermo , but he ca n't get a replacement set sent down before tomorrow afternoon . ’ |
| 16 | Mind you , I 've been keeping up the ice dance so all the canals are frozen and he ca n't get a match to fish , ’ joked Dave , who runs Midlands Angling Products . |
| 17 | But he ca n't get a job — because he 's blind and deaf . |
| 18 | He ca n't get a job . |
| 19 | His brother has lent him some for the time being , but Mr Szuluk says without proper clothes , he ca n't get a job . |
| 20 | Times are hard for Alan Soden and his family — he ca n't get a job and his family have to live on state benifits . |
| 21 | Well he wo n't get a reference |
| 22 | He wo n't get a reference |
| 23 | It 's the poor old punter who pays the betting tax in stoppages from winning bets — but he wo n't get a penny . |
| 24 | He wo n't get a job he wo n't work . |
| 25 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 26 | ’ He now finds he can not get a divorce . |
| 27 | I mean he is out of work and he can not get a job . |
| 28 | you see , he , he can nae get a car because it 's |