Example sentences of "do not get a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 4 | He said the accused , Richard Hodgson could prove he did not get a halfpenny of profit out of the Carpenter Club . |
| 5 | He stacked the membership of GEN 29 to ensure that freedom of information did not get a look-in , despite a pledge in the October 1974 Labour manifesto to introduce an open-government statute . |
| 6 | In the midst of the roaring debate about ‘ Black ’ as a political concept , and the work done towards eradicating racist practices in the organization , homosexuality did not get a look-in . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The reason he did not start this game was that , as Mr Wilkinson put it ‘ he did not get a kick ’ , when Leeds were beaten 4–0 , their heaviest defeat of the season , by Manchester City a week earlier . |
| 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 | The witnesses did not get a chance to give evidence against the killer in court . |
| 11 | Mr Nagdi had been carrying a gun when he left for work yesterday but he did not get a chance to use it . |
| 12 | She has been unable to get an academic job since ; she did not get a job in science until 1990 , when she was hired by Genetics Institute , a biotechnology company founded by one of her few supporters , Mark Ptashne of Harvard . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Do not get a reputation for time-wasting |
| 15 | Make sure that you do not get a link-wire in the wrong place so that it short circuits a secondary winding . |
| 16 | Different species often do not get a chance to interbreed because they live in different geographic areas , or in different localities within an area ( one species at the tops of trees , the other on the ground , for example ) , or they might be active at different times of day . |
| 17 | We would now strongly appeal to those supporters who do not get a ticket to stay at home . ’ |
| 18 | If you do not get a seat in the chambers of which you are a pupil , you stand little chance elsewhere . |
| 19 | The following terms appear as aims for art but do not get a mention as objectives : |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Will he consider in particular the training workshop recycling products in my constituency , Track 2000 in Splott , whose income was ended as a result of his cuts in employment training , where the trainers , who are on the dole , and the trainees , who do not get a training allowance , are coming in voluntarily ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But if the Prime Minister does not get a grip soon , even those who have staunchly backed him up to now will conclude that there is no alternative but for him to go . |
| 24 | As Lister ( 1987 , p. 15 ) has commented , ‘ The concept of financial and economic independence for women does not get a look in . ’ |