Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [modal v] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 2 | Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily |
| 3 | I mean I can get obviously personal references |
| 4 | I mean I can get a bit more off you see . |
| 5 | Well I mean I can get that up the end . |
| 6 | Actually I 'm having the , a th I mean I can get , I 'm getting our system back in operation . |
| 7 | They said it all had to be processed so it 's gon na have to go bef but I mean I will get very angry if that gets taken any further cos it 's ridiculous , is n't it ? |
| 8 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 9 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect I shall get used to the designs in time . |
| 11 | I expect I 'll get back to it quite soon . ’ |
| 12 | Joan and Dennis will tell me all about it I 'm sure and I expect I will get a Christmas card from Kylie and her mother and father , ’ she added . |
| 13 | I expect I could get some nice older woman to do just that . |
| 14 | ‘ Providing I stay fit I will get the record because I plan to keep on playing for some time yet . |
| 15 | ‘ I expect she 'll get in touch with you herself , sir . ’ |
| 16 | But you ca n't guarantee that , er , and once the supermarket developments er , have gone , then you 'll drop off down , down again , and again you 're affected by the rece recession , whereas people wo n't replace things like weighbridges , er , automatic weighing machines that sort of thing during the recession , if you come out of recession , then you might get , and you say you might get some increase in fees in that , that area . |
| 17 | Yeah , that unfortunately the majority of people say you 'll get money in a couple of days , then the person would start to argue , because they need their money now to go and buy their shopping . |
| 18 | So it does n't matter whether we look at it as whether you 'd get a third or whether you say you 'd get two sixths well it does n't matter cos it 's the same size it 's just it 's cut into two pieces or the way you wanted to do it which was a good way with the first pizza . |
| 19 | Well , you said if I brought a couple of mates down you 'd get us in . |
| 20 | What we 're going to do is take you to the nearest place you can get a bus . |
| 21 | Well it 's not sort of place you can get it to , before , before breakfast is it , so er , no . |
| 22 | place you can get it but the price is ! |
| 23 | They say we might get to have one . |
| 24 | One of these afternoons when it 's cold and wet we 'll get the cards out and play Chinese patience . |
| 25 | It comprises a cash alternative worth up to 23p a share and 43p per preference share , but irate shareholders say they would get more money — 46p a share — if the company went into voluntary liquidation . |
| 26 | My friends are Liverpool fans and they say they can get me tickets for the KOP , but no way am I standing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect he 'll get over it , ’ she comforted herself sleepily . |
| 28 | Insiders say he will get AIDS after having a gay affair with toyboy Dieter . |
| 29 | God , I hope I 'll get better . |
| 30 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |