Example sentences of "he [vb mod] get a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Is n't there a good chance he may get a scholarship ? ’
2 Mauve said no , he should get a bed : he would lend him the money .
3 whether he will be invited to lunch , and if not , whether he should get a sandwich in a pub instead , and if so , whether he would prefer egg and tomato , or cheese and chutney ;
4 I think he should get a hearing aid — it 's easier than shouting all the time .
5 He must get a doctor .
6 He 'll get a heart attack , that 's what happens .
7 on top of him cos he 'll get a shock .
8 He 'll get a shock when he sees your teeth wo n't he ?
9 He 'll get a shock !
10 But if , if I stay here it means that we 've , we 've a , a ho a home in the , the base , and he 'll get a transfer back guaranteed transfer back within two or three years , so it means just travelling for for erm you know , that length of time .
11 What you want to do is ring up the Sunday Times and get a reporter round and he 'll get a scandal story and they 'll do something
12 When he reaches back into his jacket pocket for that inevitable pack of cheap cigars I 'm watching him as carefully as a dog with a drunken master , unsure whether he 'll get a kick or a bowl of food .
13 Do n't think he 'll get a game but he 's coming to watch look .
14 I think he might get a bit of a a a a bit of a reaction from one or two of these people , do n't you ?
15 ‘ Henry ! ’ said Elinor , in a voice that suggested that if he did n't shut up he might get a clip round the ear .
16 As his series of meetings progressed , some at Chartwell , some in London , there was even fear on the part of Jones and Davidson that he might get a settlement in the absence of the Prime Minister and thus damage Baldwin 's position .
17 Young stays there until something happens : he might get a picture within half an hour , although he has hung around until 4 am .
18 He could get a couple of hamburgers and a glass of beer at the airport , then catch the evening flight to Brussels .
19 And he was a wounded pensioner er and he , he applied for a grant which you , which er a wounded soldier in the First World War could get if you had a pension he could get a grant of that pension to learn a trade .
20 It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price .
21 Stephen opened his mouth to express his thanks but before he could get a word out , Jonadab spoke again .
22 He wondered how he could get a word , alone , to warn her .
23 Any time he could get a majority of his colleagues in the House to repeal it I would be delighted .
24 Philip jumped up to see if he could get a look in through the window .
25 She broke away before he could get a stranglehold and made her way to the podium , hitching up her dress and putting on her very best smile for the tridvid sages .
26 When he , but then he said , like he said is there anywhere else where he could get a stage from and I explained to him that people come and hire the stage off us like Saint Michael-le-Belfry church , who are paying in cash .
27 Perhaps he could get a doctor 's certificate , to say it would do him a damage .
28 Fifteen minutes later McKillop was in the street waiting for a bus that would take him to Westminster where he could get a connection down to Kennington .
29 If he could get a job , it might be easier to initiate some change .
30 ( Another of Sharky 's new routes in Cheedale is the quaintly named Thrash Your Woodie — maybe he could get a job writing Finbar Saunders scripts ! )
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