Example sentences of "[not/n't] get a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The claims of democracy would never have been admitted in the present liberal democracies had those countries not got a solid basis of liberalism first . |
| 2 | ‘ Lachlan , sit you down again and see have I not got a grand idea . |
| 3 | ‘ Has he not got a young lady ? ’ she asked , trying to sound nonchalant , but she could feel herself almost blushing . |
| 4 | We have not got a guilty conscience . |
| 5 | modern traffic calming measures however er I believe we have experts on the Council er in these matters but I believe that by narrowing the road and perhaps giving us pavements because one of our problems is that we have not got a continuous pavement through the village , and it is necessary to cross the road four times in some cases to walk from one end to the other . |
| 6 | We do n't bother any more if we 've not got a good chance of winning . |
| 7 | Despite my luck with the Harlequin ducks the Barrow 's goldeneyes declined to come close enough and I had still not got a good shot when , with reluctance , we left Mýatn . |
| 8 | If one has not got a keen interest in the overall aims and objects of a particular body , then it is unlikely that its A.G.M. will be a terrific draw . |
| 9 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 10 | They 've not got a fresh spring image . |
| 11 | There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided . |
| 12 | I 've not got a proper Christmas tree out am I ? |
| 13 | we 've not got a big room |
| 14 | Today 's event is his tuning-up race and he has not got an easy task . |
| 15 | This was embodied in the Brussels Code of 1874 and the Regulations of the 1907 Hague Convention in the general rule that ‘ Belligerents have not got an unlimited right as to the choice of means of injuring the enemy ’ . |
| 16 | They 're not getting a long lie . |
| 17 | But Clough is adamant , saying : ‘ Pearce is not getting a new contract . ’ |
| 18 | and look what he said on Friday , I wanted on main lines he said , but you 're not one of them and you 're not getting a new motor |
| 19 | not getting a new motor ? |
| 20 | She wondered if Geoffrey had complained about not getting a bigger part . |
| 21 | You 're here to see us acting naturally and I do n't see why we should change , because then you 're not getting a true picture , are you ? |
| 22 | I said I 'm not getting a fair square deal here . |
| 23 | He 's told you that you 're not , we 're not getting a fair share of the business with him , but the figures I see do n't do n't say that at all |
| 24 | Small wonder , therefore , that egg producers feel they are not getting a fair deal . |
| 25 | Hatton , for example , summed up the delinquency of Reggie Smashem and Billy Dustup as ‘ nothing more serious than the symptoms of healthy , vigorous , adventurous adolescence ’ : ‘ I propose to make a practical examination of this question of the ‘ hooligan ’ ’ , for I am seriously concerned that he is not getting a fair deal . ’ |
| 26 | There is now problems on the streets of , there is anger in the outer areas that through your postal code politics people are not getting a fair deal in the outer areas of this city . |
| 27 | The stated aim is to bring product engineering closer to customers ; the Wall Street Journal quotes a senior DEC manager saying president Ken Olsen feels DEC is not getting an adequate return on its $1,600m annual investment in product engineering . |
| 28 | In fact I 'm hoping not to get a new ideal until after Christmas ! |
| 29 | how we were back to our best and they were extremely lucky not to get a good hiding . |
| 30 | But Lightbody must surely be the first not to get a senior trial in his year as Irish singles champion . |