Example sentences of "[subord] they [modal v] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parties such as Plaid Cymru or the Green Party in Great Britain have no chance of controlling the government , although they may get members of parliament ( MPs ) elected and , in certain circumstances , have some say in making the government 's life easier or more difficult . |
| 2 | Some felt constrained by lack of alternative child care — as many as two-fifths said they would return to work sooner if they could get child care . |
| 3 | He had heard that I knew Robert W. Service and felt it would be a ‘ good idea ’ if they could get Service to fly up and formally open the new building . |
| 4 | The only way it would matter is that somebody breathes the information to , if they could get hold of a card , and get into an office , they could actually use the information to make a payment . |
| 5 | Mom would probably give her back teeth to make a picture with McQueen but nobody would cast her if they could get Faye Dunaway . |
| 6 | There are even now other issues on the pensions debate we have employers like Telecom using pension funds to fund redundancies we now even have the government looking to see if they can get hold of pension fund money in British Rail and in the Coal Board to see if they can also fund job losses . |
| 7 | What I 'm talking about is situations where women go into jobs when they leave school if they can get jobs . |
| 8 | Provided they can get hold of the Brasso . |
| 9 | ‘ We thought the jackets were loaned and that GT Sports were doing it because they could get publicity . |
| 10 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |