Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] get [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 aha , that 's , so I did , cos this week well maybe on a diet I 'll , I 'll just get salad stuff and , you know when you , I 'll just get the mince and er shops that shops that and I 'll just get me frozen stuff at the , you know , just at the
2 I 'll probably get rheumatism in my shoulder and nobody to blame but myself .
3 ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant .
4 I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more .
5 Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage .
6 I could n't get hold of him yesterday !
7 ‘ But , as a loner , I could n't get trade discounts from the best fabric manufacturers . ’
8 ‘ I was utterly miserable , ’ she recalls , ‘ I was in the position where I could actually get work to a standard that was good enough to attract support but there were n't any funds . ’
9 same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp
10 The judge who gave me bail had said that if I got into trouble that was it , I would n't get bail again , so obviously I thought , ‘ If I 'm going to go back , I 'll go for something worth going for . ’
11 ‘ But I ca n't get hold of the mate in question .
12 and I , I ca n't get hold of that textbook and then , and not knowing psychology before
13 I ca n't get hold of her now .
14 ‘ I like to think I 've achieved the former , but I ca n't get promotion in five months . ’
15 If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it .
16 The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can .
17 It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first .
18 ‘ It 's no good , I ca n't get work .
19 ‘ I masturbate when I ca n't get sex , and I weight train when I ca n't masturbate . ’
20 Well I ca n't get asthma when he 's looking at me like that .
21 It 'd better be after all those needles they stuck in me so I wo n't get beri-beri and co .
22 I sha n't get juice all over every where , it 'll be you .
23 I can easily get proof . ’
24 I can probably get freelance credentials .
25 I might be able to pick up Radio 5 when conditions are good cos I can usually get Radio 2 and even RTE ( Irish station ) late in the evening .
26 I can still get training and get a job .
27 While there may be pain on pressure over the centre of the bony pelvis if osteitis is present , you may also get pain if you attempt sit-ups , kick a ball or even turn over in bed .
28 and so sometimes the , the calls do seem unreasonable but you should n't get cross , and when you go and see them sometimes you realize why they 're anxious because something that might seem quite trivial to you they might know somebody who had similar symptoms and it actually turned out to be meningitis or something so you 're then able to put their minds at rest .
29 I think you should just get pencil crayons cos otherwise we 'll never be able to use them .
30 I wondered if she might ever get frostbite ; I was sure I could see little crystals of ice glinting on her faint moustache .
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