"got a present" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
Example: I got a present for my sister's birthday and she absolutely loved it.
We never, ever got a present.
"I've got a present for you," he says.
Ten days before Christmas, Ann James looked in her Times story queue and got a present from her son.
Julie is drying her tears and fishing round in her handbag, saying she's got a present for me.
Prescott later contacted Newman on Twitter, telling her: "Got a present for you" – a picture of a "private detective" badge.
I went up to Paris and got a present for her, a sort of bullfighter's cape from Dior, and that cemented our friendship, for Jacqueline soon ended up as the mistress".
Occasionally, I get a present, or Oscar de la Renta lets me pick out something".
That's more than a day and a half of non-stop viewing, just to watch a show about a middle-aged woman getting a present.
And at every birthday party, Mr. Serrano believes, everyone should get a present as a memento, like a handmade decorative bird from Anthropologie or even something you make yourself.
