Example sentences of "get [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's the impression you get in n it ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | About all the exercise you get is pressing the button on your automatic gear change . |
| 4 | The nearest we get is Helen Thomas 's introduction to the 1932 edition of The South Country about the life he had chosen , oft en suffering ‘ despair and humiliation ’ , but always finding in the country ‘ the comfort he so passionately sought ’ . |
| 5 | No use trying to explain that all some people get is ten per cent of little or nothing . |
| 6 | But what we really get is we feel exposed . |
| 7 | The impression you get is that no individual is taking care of your particular conference . |
| 8 | The political semi-literacy implied is shown by the fact that the coverage they get is considerably more than that afforded to ‘ real ’ politics which is focused on the party political broadcasts preserved , like flies in amber , from earlier serious political coverage on radio and television . |
| 9 | We try to get on with people , to be friendly with them and all we get is trouble . |
| 10 | All I get is criticism . ’ |
| 11 | What we get is chemistry . |
| 12 | ‘ Obviously the return we get is good in public relations terms , but what I 'm searching for is a better quality of recruit . ’ |
| 13 | I have phoned the company , but all I get is an ansaphone and no-one ever contacts me . |
| 14 | The feedback we get is that we 're the ones from Manchester that people look to for the music . |
| 15 | ‘ People ought to be able to decide whether they want to take risks on the basis of information which gives them an idea of how much risk there is , ’ says Helen Peggs , ‘ but at the moment the information they get is often distorted . ’ |
| 16 | Tom Selleck as King Ferdinand of Spain is a real hoot — he ca n't decide whether to play him as a moody Continental or haughty monarch , so what we get is a cross between Magnum and Don Juan with an accent that hovers between Malibu and Basingstoke . |
| 17 | However , we can nearly as easily do the sum for the theoretical elastic breaking strain , and if we do this , we are apt to find that the answer we get is very roughly the same for any solid , almost irrespective of its chemical entity . |
| 18 | What you get is Bob returning to his roots with songs from the American folk and blues archives performed with just a single guitar and voice . |
| 19 | But if in a moment of madness you do a John McEnroe and smash it to smithereens , all you get is the satisfaction . |
| 20 | It 's called Totally Pauly , and what you get is this gangling , scarf-draped , tendril-haired , mumbling , stumbling doper addressing the camera — and , by extension , us — as ‘ Bud ’ , accosting strangers on the street , cruising chicks ( ‘ buff nugs ’ , to use his parlance ) on the Strip , or making field trips to beauty pageants , pig farms and rodeos . |
| 21 | AS a teacher with 12 years in the firing line , I think grading schools on the amount of exam passes they get is dangerous . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The only problem I get is a shortness of breath on one side when I 'm jogging . |
| 23 | What you get is Mick Farren 's ( admittedly excellent ) ‘ Mona ’ LP sandwiched between a couple of tracks from his ‘ Vampires Stole My Lunch Money ’ record and a taste of ‘ Deviants Third ’ . |
| 24 | The impression I get is that Gigolo Aunts know more about good ol' apple pie than Mr Bloody Kipling . |
| 25 | ‘ The service I get is very precious to me , and takes away pressure on my family . |
| 26 | Because of course the image you get is bigger all around by what , two pen radii , or one full pen diameter , so a good quarter of an inch . |
| 27 | ‘ The only pressure you get is what you make for yourself . |
| 28 | The only big buzz I get is from my work and , of course , my children . |
| 29 | Whenever I try this , the only reaction I get is : ‘ Yeah , great , Dad , can I borrow a fiver ? ’ |
| 30 | Since intransitive verbs do not specify , as transitive verbs usually do , a cause-effect relationship , the impression we get is that movement is divorced from purpose : all the strident activity of the industrial scene seems to be self-generating and uncontrolled . |