Example sentences of "not get him " in BNC.
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| 1 | His computer ranking would not get him into a 42-man field . |
| 2 | She , who had been forced to be her own person : first , by circumstances ; second , by temperament ; third ( as she fiercely told herself ) by inclination … and yet she , Jane , could not get him , Christopher , out of her mind . |
| 3 | Murray was becoming increasingly flamboyant in style , which meant that his rages were fearful when the rest of the team did not get him what he wanted . |
| 4 | Four men were carrying him , 4. but because of the crowd , they could not get him near . |
| 5 | ‘ When I heard City had lost again on Saturday I thought we would not get him — I just know how I would feel . |
| 6 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |
| 7 | His starting point will be the congressional leaders of his own party , but their cooperation alone will not get him very far . |
| 8 | If the eagle did nothing and waited they would not get him . |
| 9 | You can not get him except through Jesus , or get to Jesus except through him . |
| 10 | And if one thing was certain , it was that she could not get him from here alone . |
| 11 | ‘ The roof was smashed in and one door was open , but we could not get him out . |
| 12 | If there was one thing sure about it , it was that Isambard had abated nothing of his purpose , and if he had halted his experiment in terrorisation short of the act , it was not from any impulse of pity , but the result of a calculated probability that these methods would not get him what he wanted . |
| 13 | Well , yes , I mean I can remember having a friend in Oxford who was schizophrenic and to be quite frank he needed to be certified and we could not get him to go to the doctors , and when he did he told sufficient stories that the doctor home with eye drops because he was seeing things . |
| 14 | He was a nice person and I think he was genuinely interested in how David was getting on , although he could n't get him any bookings . |
| 15 | Well , of course , DeFries did n't get him out of the contract . |
| 16 | The partner there was terribly embarrassed , rang me up and apologized for hours afterwards , could n't get him off the phone . |
| 17 | ‘ Caspar 's shut in one of those buildings and I ca n't get him out . ’ |
| 18 | I could n't get him away from his bench . |
| 19 | You wo n't get him stopping here , not for all the tea in China . |
| 20 | REVERSE : Weather stunning , food great , Chris has found some snorkelling gear and now I ca n't get him out of the water ! |
| 21 | There were few signposts and the rough roads had waterfilled potholes deep enough to drown a man — if the footpads did n't get him first . |
| 22 | ‘ A pity you did n't get him to attend to the little bitch before , ’ commented Rachel . |
| 23 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
| 24 | You could n't get him to talk about anything else . |
| 25 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 26 | But even that did n't get him to Barcelona for the Olympics ' newest sport . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've bowled to him for two days and I ca n't get him , ’ he explained , ‘ so I just want to loosen up . ’ |
| 28 | But if his belief about where the honey is is false , his action will fail : it wo n't get him what he wants . |
| 29 | ‘ If the parasites do n't get him first . ’ |
| 30 | Daisy asked Fred privately whether they should n't get him to invite Peg . |