Example sentences of "we get " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is far less of the mystification which can be attributed to the account of the troubles in Guerrillas : what we get is the mysterious politics of forest and township as observed by an outsider , by an African Asian who understands a good deal of what is going on . |
| 2 | Philip Roth 's contribution to The Facts is ( as distinct from Nathan Zuckerman 's ) significantly milder , in relation to family matters , than what we get in these abrasive comic fictions : but then the fictions can be nice too . |
| 3 | When we are not being accused of ignoring the vernacular pub tradition with the abomination of café-bars and so on we stand accused of creating ‘ pastiches ’ when we get involved with restorations — no matter how conscientiously researched a project . |
| 4 | We get calls from our customers , from receptionists , for example , who can not balance at the end of the shift . |
| 5 | ‘ I pay cash on delivery for fish , which the fishermen like , so they always call on me first and we get super turbot , mussels , scallops , sole and plaice here . ’ |
| 6 | If only as a joke , to tell people at home when we get back . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So long as we get him out ’ — Cameron was still cagey . |
| 8 | ‘ Only till we get it straight . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's all right , you can tell mammy when we get home . |
| 10 | Yes , we get some lovely views from the railway , just as you say , but — oh dear ! — the industrial side and the back streets and the mess ! |
| 11 | We get the joke . |
| 12 | If we get these areas right then price is not particularly relevant . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ By raising our prices slightly we get a certain sort of customer . |
| 14 | If we look at Pound in 1927 and 1928 , when he instituted from or through Paris his periodical , The Exile , and sustained it through four issues , we get the impression of a man yawing about without direction , as at no time either earlier or later in his career . |
| 15 | At 97/681–2 , we get : |
| 16 | Arthur Smith sighed for political satire , and wondered what was going to happen to political comedy if we get a Labour government . |
| 17 | Our lawyers and judges will never turn off this mad process which , for them , is a fountain of dollars and a source of power : it is up to the Press to publicise civilised European libel procedures and insist that we get them too . |
| 18 | We get smoke from the steel works across the valley , but we know what that is and we 're not afraid of it . ’ |
| 19 | At the end of each drill , as the tractor turns , the flood dwindles , the noise dies away , and we get a break . |
| 20 | We get our highs from other forms of self-gratification . |
| 21 | Yet they see nothing inconsistent with objecting to a well-engineered nuclear waste disposal plant which is clearly necessary to dispose safely of irradiated material already created ; or to properly regulated high-combustion chemical waste disposal plants that are the only alternative ( unless we get rid of the chemical industry ) to toxic wastes being dumped surreptitiously in some field or on some beach . |
| 22 | In fact , we know that if we get into a confined space with the intention of defying gravity we are running a risk and have decided to tolerate it . |
| 23 | We get genetically ( and culinarily ) imprinted with them . |
| 24 | Until we get the full implications of the Taylor Report and discover what happens over the identity-card issue , we will have to sit tight . |
| 25 | Until we get the letter we wo n't be able to do anything , but we will speak to the people concerned . ’ |
| 26 | Details are indeed slavishly attended to : at the ‘ cry of women ’ you hear a light offstage wailing ; when the owl shrieks after Duncan 's death , we get a ‘ tu-whit-tu-whoo ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Now we get 200 a month , of which more than 100 are coming from employers who want to develop such policies … |
| 28 | ‘ I shall also be reviewing the way we get independent advice , so that the public will be able to see absolutely clearly that I act on the best possible evidence , without fear or favour . ’ |
| 29 | We get little of that . |
| 30 | Rather , it looks as if we will have to wait until the end of 1991 before we get any dramatic improvement . |