Example sentences of "not [adv] get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will not always get a reply but you may be surprised at how often you do . |
| 2 | Lenin , who does not often get a kind word these days , was right in at least one of his prophecies . |
| 3 | The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is posed with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 4 | People can not be photographed well at a quarter of a second … = The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is poised with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 5 | A spokesman for Stickley & Kent , one of the UK 's biggest repossession auctioneers said : ‘ We sold a couple of flats last month for Pounds 5,000 , but by and large anyone buying a repossessed home does not actually get a bargain . |
| 6 | That 's why you do n't just get a print-out every month from us ; you get a set of charge forms . |
| 7 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 8 | One could n't just get a campaign up and running overnight — although the recession bit both ways , so at least there would be space available in the media for short-term bookings . |
| 9 | So , but where I know it is a bit difficult with clothes because a market stall erm you do n't , you do n't normally get a chance to try the clothes on erm and you 're never absolutely sure are these clothes , is this garment going to fit or not ? |
| 10 | Many of the residents have led sheltered lives and do n't normally get a chance to meet other people in the community . |
| 11 | [ You do n't always get a rash , though . |
| 12 | New babies get so many lovely clothes as presents , that they do n't always get a chance to wear them all . ’ |
| 13 | I play in all types of weather and very few people play tennis anyway so you ca n't always get a game . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't ever get a job as a copywriter , will you ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't really get a chance to tell my own story , and believe me , there is a story to tell . ’ |
| 16 | We ca n't really get a feel for the man at the moment , except as a personality , and that is coming across through the media as Terry points out , various aspects of his personality . |
| 17 | They did n't really get a hold did they ? |
| 18 | You do n't really get a break because you 're getting ready for the afternoon . |
| 19 | Ca n't even get a boy to deliver ! |
| 20 | They ca n't even get a council house out there ! |
| 21 | You ca n't even get a compromise really round here in that you 've got ta have one or the other . |
| 22 | No I did n't even get a chance to , to sit the eleven plus . |
| 23 | But it 's tr it 's true in most , if you do clinical medicine erm er ophthalmic optics you do n't get to play with the patients until quite a way on , and most of them do n't even get a chance to observe for a lot of it . |
| 24 | You did n't even get a chance to get in here and . |
| 25 | He referred to a dinner given in honour of A. R. Orage , the retiring editor whom Philip Mairet was to replace , which was of inordinate length and at which there were interminable speeches , and where — this was represented as the ultimate horror , uttered in the tones of a cri de coeur — ‘ you could n't even get a drink ! ’ |
| 26 | if Brian did n't think we needed it then it did n't even get a lookout let alone er er resources allocated to it . |
| 27 | It was absurd that Norman Ward Westerman and Lord Boddy should listen with real deference to his views on Halifax , while at home he could n't even get a hearing from his own wife . |
| 28 | Sometimes we do n't even get a letter back . |
| 29 | Princess Diana took the top position of children 's favourite royals , and the Corgis polled tenth overall , while Prince Philip did n't even get a mention . |
| 30 | At Bergheim — three houses and a gas station — we turned on to one of those narrow tracks that do n't even get a farm road numeral . |