Example sentences of "n't get [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waited a very long time before saying , ‘ Talk , talk , talk , a man ca n't get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 2 | Half an hour later : Z : " I could n't get a word in edgeways " , muttered as he managed finally to get away . |
| 3 | Well you ca n't get a word in edgeways ca n't you ? |
| 4 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |
| 5 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 6 | Well I said , If I do n't buy , I do n't get a chance of selling . |
| 7 | The slogan is so grey-haired that even at party conferences it would n't get a ripple of applause . |
| 8 | I wo n't get a wink of sleep otherwise . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't get a wink of sleep . ’ |
| 10 | You wo n't get a cup of tea , although you might be OK for a Garibaldi if there happens to be one lying around , but you 'll quickly be strapped into the beige and orange sofa , and invited to ‘ Convince us why we should vote for your lot . |
| 11 | You could n't get a cup of tea or a cup of coffee anywhere . |
| 12 | He does n't get a lot of peace . |
| 13 | do n't get a lot of water with it being , er , are a bit hard for see they 've all got paths down here . |
| 14 | Do n't get a lot of water there . |
| 15 | And I did n't get a lot of sleep last night . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't get a lot of help from them . |
| 17 | and , and you know you could n't get a lot of money , although of course nationally , the rates of pay were governed nationally , they were going up and up and up and there was no way that we could keep pace , we could n't keep on increasing the tuppeny fare . |
| 18 | You do n't get a lot of money . |
| 19 | Only I 've come across one or two head teachers who 've taken out things like A B Cs recently , and they did n't realize that they would n't get a lot of value if they cashed them early , you know , if they cashed them within two or three years . |
| 20 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 21 | I do n't get a lot of time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Some people are booked quite a way in advance and others we do n't get a lot of notice of at all … |
| 23 | Well we keep on trying Father we do n't get a lot of encouragement , I mean you 're only having one collection on Sunday nowadays . |
| 24 | And you would n't get a lot of heating out of a hundred electrons . |
| 25 | PRINCE Harry wo n't get a visit from Prince Charles or Princess Di today — his eighth birthday — at the Berkshire school where he started as a boarder last week . |
| 26 | He did n't get a job for years . |
| 27 | Except she did n't get a train to Birmingham , she got a bus . |
| 28 | Perhaps you used to go and pawn the husbands suits or a anything like that till the following Saturday or Friday and fetch them out you see , and that cos there was very for people in them days , I mean they did n't get a deal of help from anywhere . |
| 29 | . Erm but you 'd failed him , if you did n't get a distinction in School Certificate maths , or arithmetic . |
| 30 | Erm you do n't get a piece of string , |