Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | And next year 's student , or even next term 's , perhaps , depending on how quick you do it , your conversations , what you 're doing now , once they 're transcribed and put onto disk would be very interesting , because we 'll have a disk from our St Mary 's students , transcribed , because Steve promised he would get them all transcribed . |
| 2 | Halifax was called in privately to Chamberlain 's room at the same time as Winston , and he assumed he would get the PM 's job . |
| 3 | Whenever this happened he 'd get his paints and brushes out and start on another panel for Uncle Titch , who had the contacts with the fairground people . |
| 4 | She guessed he must get tired of his easy conquests . |
| 5 | And so he decided he could get about three caravans on the the price that my bungalow was occupying . |
| 6 | The ‘ labour movement ’ did not like it when the working man felt he could get on unaided . |
| 7 | He was as near to the window as he felt he could get without falling . |
| 8 | Huy felt he could get drunk on the smell of Taheb , sinking his lips into the base of her neck where it joined the shoulder . |
| 9 | You see , he knew he would get more income in the long run from returning your hat than from keeping it and selling it . ’ |
| 10 | He knew he would get no more out of her , just as he knew she was getting impatient . |
| 11 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew he would get the humour and the pathos just right and I was proved correct . |
| 13 | He knew he could get away safely because he had a reading back in London that evening , and it could n't lead to further meetings because he was going away soon . |
| 14 | He knew he could get away with asking her to do this — she had a bit of a weakness for him . |
| 15 | That was the way to come in ; he knew he could get it on the green from there . |
| 16 | ‘ All I can say , Chris , is that he took Harley on because he knew he could get him a good contract . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah well he said a thousand because he knew he could get he 'd carpet that er er for a thousand . |
| 18 | He knew he 'd get his own way , although he was careful to use only his right hand . |
| 19 | ‘ Whatever scrapes he 'd get you into , ’ one of them had once said , ‘ you always knew he 'd get you out . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Ask anything you feel is necessary , ’ he said , and Brownlow knew he 'd get the truth . |
| 21 | After Richard had got out , it went slowly but at least we knew he 'd get help . ’ |
| 22 | He quit after four and a half years because he feared he would get tagged as a soap star . |
| 23 | Our dad thought he might get his job back , but he should have known . |
| 24 | ‘ I looked back and I thought he might get off the verge but it was wet . |
| 25 | He was asked whether he thought he would get back his record for taking the most Test wickets . |
| 26 | I thought he would get it back together . ’ |
| 27 | He thought he would get up and go to Suffolk and take a look at his house . |
| 28 | I thought he would get beaten but … ’ |
| 29 | Maybe she thought he would get up in some drunken stupor and ravish her . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I thought he would get his bike back after all that performance . ’ |