Example sentences of "be [not/n't] get a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Small wonder , therefore , that egg producers feel they are not getting a fair deal .
2 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 .
3 They 're not getting a long lie .
4 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
5 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 ?
6 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
7 I said I 'm not getting a fair square deal here .
8 In a recent interview with this newspaper , Mr McCormick said : ‘ I would be the first to complain if I felt we were n't getting a fair crack of the whip . ’
9 But Clough is adamant , saying : ‘ Pearce is not getting a new contract . ’
10 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 . ’
11 This new dating agency allows HER to check she 's not being paired with the Incredible Hulk and he can make sure that he is n't getting a real-life Grotbags .
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