Example sentences of "[not/n't] get [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 not got the second part , anyway , he phoned up about ten to two and said , but , but before that she had said that he had met Mark
2 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 .
3 ‘ Lachlan , sit you down again and see have I not got a grand idea .
4 ‘ Has he not got a young lady ? ’ she asked , trying to sound nonchalant , but she could feel herself almost blushing .
5 We have not got a guilty conscience .
6 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 .
7 We do n't bother any more if we 've not got a good chance of winning .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 They 've not got a fresh spring image .
12 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 .
13 I 've not got a proper Christmas tree out am I ?
14 we 've not got a big room
15 Today 's event is his tuning-up race and he has not got an easy task .
16 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 ’ .
17 What is more , they really have not got the emotional energy to do this until the practical issues that beset a recently bereaved person have been sorted out .
18 Why do I always look at houses that I ca n't , I 've got , not got the remotest chance of owning ?
19 I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper .
20 It 's not got the same discipline
21 These are , of course , useful if you want to send a compressed file to someone who has not got the same compression program , so can not de-compress the file at the other end .
22 It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight .
23 They 're not getting a long lie .
24 But Clough is adamant , saying : ‘ Pearce is not getting a new contract . ’
25 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
26 not getting a new motor ?
27 She wondered if Geoffrey had complained about not getting a bigger part .
28 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 ?
29 I said I 'm not getting a fair square deal here .
30 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
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