Example sentences of "[not/n't] get [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any other any other Saturday I can not get her up there quick enough . |
| 2 | The monsters could not get her here . |
| 3 | Her royal plane , she explained , could not get her back to Sandringham that early December night because of bad weather . |
| 4 | It was a flimsy pretext and might not get me anywhere , but it was the best I could do at such short notice . |
| 5 | Four men were carrying him , 4. but because of the crowd , they could not get him near . |
| 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 | ‘ The roof was smashed in and one door was open , but we could not get him out . |
| 8 | His starting point will be the congressional leaders of his own party , but their cooperation alone will not get him very far . |
| 9 | Orkney said that jockeys were worried that they were missing rides , that other jockeys would do well on their horses and that they would not get them back . |
| 10 | In other words , they may win within the established system but it does not get them very far if they are not carrying the people with them in a popular crusade for change . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , even if they did not get it wrong , their discomfiture is a matter of concern for the whole market research industry , of which political opinion polling accounts for a small but very visible part of an estimated UK turnover of more than £300 million . |
| 12 | We have a responsibility now … to see that we do not get it wrong in the other direction . |
| 13 | He says a child with meningitis could need urgent treatment and may not get it fast enough because its too far . |
| 14 | One evening , some weeks later , I took the cube apart and could not get it back together again . |
| 15 | Yeah well you 'll not get it much less than that . |
| 16 | ‘ Now avoid the Van Gogh , you 'll not get it off , |
| 17 | She washed and scrubbed , but she could not get it off . |
| 18 | I 'd go , but the bike 's still full of ropes and stuff from the weekend and I might not get it in . ’ |
| 19 | Those do not get us much further . |
| 20 | That would not get us anywhere and they are our customers , ’ he said . |
| 21 | O. Wilson doctrine that man is " a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon " will not get us anywhere at all . |
| 22 | They would not get us far in the heights of the Greshorns anyway , ’ said Bicker . |
| 23 | Just to ask them whether or not religion plays an important part in their life does not get us very far . |
| 24 | Cos you can nae get them straight in like that |
| 25 | I could n't get him away from his bench . |
| 26 | And I ca n't get him away from Roger . |
| 27 | Well , of course , DeFries did n't get him out of the contract . |
| 28 | ‘ Caspar 's shut in one of those buildings and I ca n't get him out . ’ |
| 29 | REVERSE : Weather stunning , food great , Chris has found some snorkelling gear and now I ca n't get him out of the water ! |
| 30 | ‘ Remember he 's stuck in the refridgeration unit and he 'll be frozen solid if we do n't get him out of there soon . ’ |