Example sentences of "[not/n't] get a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next year he may not get a drive at all . |
| 2 | AEEU 's regional officer , Alwyn Rowlands said workers are angry that they did not get a cost of living increase in April despite the company making a healthy profit . |
| 3 | He said the accused , Richard Hodgson could prove he did not get a halfpenny of profit out of the Carpenter Club . |
| 4 | The problem was that I could not get a response from anybody in the Department . |
| 5 | One could not get a dispensation from the mines inspectorate to increase the manpower . |
| 6 | One does not get a sense of a strong need for support from parents to children to be reciprocated — certainly not in the short term , and possibly not in the long term either . |
| 7 | I who can not get a wink of sleep |
| 8 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
| 9 | In this sense they were internationalists , and are typical of the German unease with the nation state : ‘ German nationalism did not get a grip on a timely , feasible concept of the state . |
| 10 | Mind you , England should have been home and clear before that , but poor Barnes , the man who had won the Cup final at Twickenham with a last-minute magical goal kick , could not get a goal from eight attempts in the first half . |
| 11 | Make sure that you do not get a link-wire in the wrong place so that it short circuits a secondary winding . |
| 12 | Do not get a reputation for time-wasting |
| 13 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 14 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |
| 15 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 16 | The chairman of my lawyers and the senior partner of Scotland ‘ s biggest firm are both profoundly shocked I did not get a look in recently . |
| 17 | ‘ I would like to think that any sort of physical abuse does n't go on any more , but this does not mean that people might not get a bucket of water over them sometimes . ’ |
| 18 | On the prospect of facing Ballesteros , Faldo , who did not get a degree in journalism , remarked : ‘ With all the time he 's had off this afternoon I hope Carmen will have worn him out . |
| 19 | It is pretty clear that Labour believes that it can not get a majority for those policies domestically and therefore wants to achieve a situation in which they can be imposed on us by a majority of continental countries . |
| 20 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 21 | You can not get a rebate on the standard community charge . |
| 22 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
| 23 | This point is usually included in the police officer 's statement of evidence , e.g. ‘ The driver could not get a view to the front without first looking through the windscreen ’ . |
| 24 | We 'd better do as she says or we 'll not get a cup o' tea . |
| 25 | The fact is , as we shall see , that different media do tend to be rather better for different things — you can not get a lot of information into a 30-second TV commercial , for example . |
| 26 | For most gardeners , a garden is like a pint pot — you can not get a quart into it . |
| 27 | Sometimes you 'd maybe not get a steamer for maybe maybe six weeks if the wind was to the South East . |
| 28 | You 'll not get a penny of my money . |
| 29 | There was no doubt he crashed into the sea as I watched him hit , but I did not get a confirmation of this as there was no one else to see it and R.D.F. did n't seem to have much coverage up that way . ’ |
| 30 | The oddity about the scrum-halves is that Strachan can not get a game for Auckland ahead of Jason Hewett , of last season 's World Cup squad , and Preston does not rank ahead of Graeme Bachop , the no.1 All Black halfback since 1990 , for Canterbury . |