Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] n't [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you sure , ’ said Simon , speaking slowly as if to someone with a poor knowledge of English , ‘ that Gazzer has n't already got the money ? |
| 2 | The rubber hose did n't actually get used , but it was waved around a lot . |
| 3 | It is n't their height but their shapely form that attracts discerning hillgoers , and since many of the tops are not included in tick lists — some of the Scottish ones do n't even get Corbett status — they tend not to be as popular as their loftier neighbours . |
| 4 | But if you 're looking to me for a list of who really makes which strings , I 've found that asking straight questions does n't always get you straight answers . |
| 5 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 6 | As it was , the functional off-loading did n't really get going , so these departments ended up huge in policy terms but huge in functional terms as well . |
| 7 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 8 | You guide them by word alone and that word does n't always get through , I can tell you . |
| 9 | Which is pretty much what happens , although one of the new jumpers does n't quite get it right and ends up doing an unscheduled , but spectacular stunt . |
| 10 | It 's very interesting that , that you , you mention that , as most people do n't yet got their copy of the date Yellow Pages , it was an away from home and I , I was n't , and it was in fact in today 's Yellow Pages an article by David Mason on Richard Lacey 's new book which he 's , seems to be selling at twelve ninety-nine a copy , which , which he says makes hardly any mention of the A B Os , and there 's a comment here from Linda Allen , Undersecretary and basically it 's all very negative , we do n't like this and we do n't like that . |
| 11 | Blackpool has its quieter side too , away from the bright lights , which most people do n't usually get to see . |