Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] n't get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People are paranoid — they just want to keep the problem under control so they do n't get robbed by juvenile delinquents , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I 'm buying material where the tape measures are big , so I get extra , and I sell it where the tape measures are small , so they do n't get as much as they think they 've got . |
| 3 | But in our time , it 's very quiet now so we 've we 've moved into a different routine again , where I have two two sergeants out at one time , changing over er frequently so they do n't get bored . |
| 4 | ‘ The teachers do n't teach , the priests do n't bother , and they 're releasing all the lunatics into the community so they do n't get looked after and they 'll either pass out from exposure or starvation or kill people because they 're mad , and then they 'll be slung into prison to add to the overcrowding , and all in all it does n't make a lot of sense . |
| 5 | These can quickly be removed so they do n't get in the way during the game of an experienced player . |
| 6 | And they just pull down and there all flush , so they do n't get knocked . |
| 7 | ( He was n't really lying — they did often think of it even if they did n't get down to it . ) |
| 8 | Some of the men had brought ropes and small axes with them so that , while they were in the forest , they could carry back a load of firewood rather than returning empty-handed if they did n't get the boar . |
| 9 | If they did n't get a move on , I would miss my gig and lose vital cash — as I had n't come in my own car , I was stranded . |
| 10 | ‘ And if they did n't get their Information from downstairs , ’ Charlotte said , ‘ there are other sources . |
| 11 | But Faye and Roberta — well , they are n't middle class , to put it mildly , but surely they — yes , they would have picked up the know-how , the expertise , so if they did n't get things straight , it is because they did n't want to . |
| 12 | And if they did n't get up when the Night Sister switched the lights on , they were on the Matron 's mat , and they lost that hour . |
| 13 | If they did n't get paid , well , er there was n't official moneylenders so they could n't er they could n't sue you I 'd think . |
| 14 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 15 | ‘ If they do n't get their finger out , they will lose almost all their business to the direct trade , ’ is Jim Moran 's succinct analysis of the market 's future . |
| 16 | Do you expect them to kill Liam , as they threaten , if they do n't get what they ask for ? ’ |
| 17 | If they do n't get cooperation from us , they 'll do without it . |
| 18 | As customers if they do n't get the quality that they want they need to bring pressure to bear on the in-school supplier . |
| 19 | ‘ If they do n't get back by Chait Dasai — if Bhawāni 's not here for her own festival — it 's a bad sign . |
| 20 | Debt collectors do it better because if they do n't get your money and look after your goodwill they do n't get paid and if they do n't get paid they are not around very long . |
| 21 | Debt collectors do it better because if they do n't get your money and look after your goodwill they do n't get paid and if they do n't get paid they are not around very long . |
| 22 | Miners , aerospace workers , no one seems to be safe from the axe — except perhaps all these public servants who think that if they do n't get a hefty pay rise every year they are hard done by . |
| 23 | People want instant results and if they do n't get it , they voice an opinion very quickly . |
| 24 | If they do n't get it , they can very quickly lose motivation . |
| 25 | It 's not always easy or straightforward , and I still have difficulty in dealing with such sweeping generalisations as : ‘ he 's a Down 's Syndrome — they can be very stubborn , ca n't they ? ’ ; ‘ mentally handicapped … they can be quite violent if they do n't get their own way ’ . |
| 26 | Do not take it for granted that Accounts will be paying up the way you want or that suppliers will stay with you if they do n't get paid on time . |
| 27 | Erm you must have heard of the phrases of poncing , where somebody is operating a prostitute and if they do n't get a required amount of money a week or er er an amount of money where they consider it sufficient , they 'll probably go and beat them up or something like that . |
| 28 | I even added , " If they do n't get there it 'll be too late . " |
| 29 | Ye , I feel actually women go , or people in general , go to the doctors expecting a tablet , a prescription , and are very disappointed if they do n't get one . |
| 30 | However what we do n't want er our consultants to get in paranoid about if they do n't get that target . |