Sentence examples for gets something of from inspiring English sources
At the other end Altidore gets something of a painful clatter.
Because drinking is legal for adults, safe in moderation, the rightful font of epicurean reveries and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar industry with lobbyists galore, it gets something of a pass.
The much reviled Walter O'Malley, who abandoned Ebbets Field and moved his Dodgers to Los Angeles, gets something of a reprieve in this account; it is Robert Moses who really deserves our scorn.
Charles Williams, managing director of mail order firm Burncoose Nurseries, says: "The reason that mail order gets something of a bad image is that people don't understand the difference between ordering five plug liners for £3.99 and ordering a £12 shrub in a two or three litre pot.
Reza gets something of a makeover in London, where Christopher Hampton's terrific idiomatic translation turns every insult into an elegant joke: the playwright, who worries that British audiences laugh at her plays (she thinks of them as tragedies), may not like that.
The defendant company, meanwhile, gets something of great value: A judgment ending the litigation forever.
"Scion gets something out of it, the kids get something out of it, the artists get something out of it.
Everybody gets something out of this game.
"Everybody gets something out of these games," Waddell said.
She gets something out of the series, too.
Everyone gets something out of that transaction.
