Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] can get " in BNC.
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1 | My friends are Liverpool fans and they say they can get me tickets for the KOP , but no way am I standing with a bunch of idiots . |
2 | They figure they can get a thousand out over three years . |
3 | Children are very quick to spot this and will take advantage of the situation — and once they know they can get away with anything , you will lose their respect . |
4 | If they know they can get special deals . |
5 | One of the reasons why they 're having such a hard time with trying to privatise the Health Service is because the British public actually feel they own it , they feel a part of it , they feel it 's theirs , they know where the hospitals are , they know they can get treatment and they do n't abuse it . |
6 | He/she may well select someone whom they feel they can get on with . |
7 | They think they can get away with it because the residents are new to this country and do n't know their rights . ’ |
8 | The point is you do n't do these children any service by letting them getting away with it , cos they think they can get away with it . |
9 | oh you should n't let them , er , and the , the thing is somebody else argues on their behalf then they think they can get away with it more |
10 | But he 's like , when they think they can get any little thing they can think of to wind each other up . |
11 | Maybe they think they can get the riders a bit cheaper or , you know , some of the boys might be panicking about a team spot somewhere but erm you know , I think it 's just the way that erm the way the world 's going at the moment and erm you know , I 'm certainly not erm too worried about erm you know , things at the moment really . |