Example sentences of "that [pers pn] get [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm a creature of habit — in the way I have my hair cut , the suits I wear , the eternal brown boots that I get ribbed about and which are fleetingly seen by the viewers at the end of the programme as we come to the closing headlines . |
2 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
3 | Erm , personally , you know , I think it takes all the fun out of all those red notices that I get all the time . |
4 | ‘ It 's just that I get real fed up with bozos like you trying to rip me off all the time . |
5 | ‘ The Queen herself has insisted that I get involved in all aspects of the negotiations at all levels . |
6 | Well , I did it alone , just with the help of Crossroads , and the district nurse in , in the mornings , five days a week and really that is all the help I had , except that I get domestic staff myself , and any help that I need , I have to pay for . |
7 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
8 | I suppose I used to think the worst that could happen was that I got killed . |
9 | and me want a , er , not and that I got two |
10 | and it was as simple as that , it was only until that I got all the paperwork from Germany that the letters and one thing and another , but somebody in there said to them well you 're talking rubbish cos the girl 's telling you the truth |
11 | I am glad that I got that right . |
12 | Then that I got that book back when I became a full time official it was still in the still in the office . |
13 | And there 's a lot of erm new books that I got last years for the library |
14 | But what really made the difference was that I got engaged to a girl called Jane Wilde , whom I had met about the time I was diagnosed with ALS . |
15 | For David there is not really a lot more to tell except perhaps that I got some new teeth and as a result a few more pounds have been gained . |
16 | ‘ And it was only when we were tucked up in her freezing room in Charlotte Street that I got this strange feeling and I said , ‘ But you 're not Janet , are you ? ’ |
17 | ‘ It was when I was working on Wildlife Safari to Argentina , filming in a subtropical province in the north , that I got this lump on my back . |
18 | Well mum , what it wants is that I got this tooth |
19 | I was so outraged at this preposterous suggestion , that I got excited and was in danger of making a scene , but Philip Corder and Ian Richmond quietly took me away until I had cooled down . |
20 | Not that she got much sleep . |
21 | And one thing he did know about the real Sandra was that she had a very low tolerance for boredom , and that she got bored very easily . |
22 | It was only when I stopped hurting her that she got worried . |
23 | which was wrong , Valerie was over the moon really that she got engaged to this fellow , but he was much older than er Michelle and I , and er he did n't want to settle down |
24 | was delighted to tell you that we have already received our first nomination for this position in 1992. has been nominated and seconded and , as she is not a current elected member of the Executive Committee , it has been decided to invite her to the remaining Executive meetings as an observer so that she gets used to how the Society functions . |
25 | What about some sort of sticker that she gets that can use the use of her period of time another idea to around . |
26 | Yeah Emily was trying it on again this morning , I think it 's just that she gets tired cos she feels slothlike in the morning and then by the end of the day she 's over like a rocket |
27 | And suppose okay well let's imagine just for a minute that she gets three four four five as , as interest |
28 | And make sure that you get financial forecasts from at least two independent financial advisers . ’ |
29 | Make sure that you get professional advice before you take the test . |
30 | Well I understand that you get fifteen , it 's just that I 've got a lot of customer where I got business that is depending on the kind of insurance that we give them , based on what our |