Example sentences of "not get [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Even Mahmoud , however , could not get them to work in the afternoons and he too , like Owen , normally used the afternoons to catch up on desk work and reading . |
| 3 | What happened , did he not get it finished over the weekend or samething ? |
| 4 | ‘ A pity you did n't get him to attend to the little bitch before , ’ commented Rachel . |
| 5 | I 'd say oh yes , you know but , still could n't get me to go in the Guild and er , it was so strange that the , I ca n't remember , I think I 've been in the Guild about twenty-five years so you 'll have to do your own little sum . |
| 6 | Well you ca n't get it done in the Post Office . |
| 7 | they said that if I did n't get it done within the next fortnight it would close up . |