Example sentences of "did [not/n't] get the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After much argument the Head conceded that the Art department ‘ did not get the pick of the bunch ’ when pupils were making option selections . |
| 2 | We lost the money , we did not get the proof . ’ |
| 3 | Whatever his intentions had been , he did not get the chance to stride off . |
| 4 | Albacete is placed 14 out of 20 in the spanish league with a 1–5-2 ( w-d-l ) record ; so it looks like a hard team to beat — i guess they hope for Frank to deliver the stuff he did not get the chance to do at Leeds . |
| 5 | As for work , he had auditioned for the role of the Dauphin in Anouilh 's The Lark at the Lincoln Center , but he did not get the part . |
| 6 | Very much shaken as she was by the assault , she nevertheless would not have voluntarily given up her job — but she did not get the choice . |
| 7 | Baldwin did not get the King 's message until he arrived at the Travellers ' Club for lunch . |
| 8 | Many of his fellow British actors — throughout the years — only affected to despise the movies : they themselves were not asked to do them or , if asked , played minor roles or did not get the hang of it at all . |
| 9 | At least we did not get the goose . |
| 10 | Store boss James Andrews was warned his sons would be castrated if he did not get the ransom . |
| 11 | ‘ On a couple of occasions we just did not get the bounce of the ball . |
| 12 | One , Dr Douglas Rossdale , said : ‘ If she did not get the answer she wanted from one doctor she would go to another . ’ |
| 13 | If the new ministers took no action they would feel , perhaps with justice , that they did not get the quality of co-operation they were entitled to enjoy from their most senior staff . |
| 14 | ‘ I did not get the impression they were reaching out for help , there was not a general mood of crisis . ’ |
| 15 | Did not get the job — dear , former [ xx ] Manager , drove me up there ( 6 miles north of Perth ) and then on to Dunkeld where he insisted on giving me lunch — he had originally thought of taking me to Gleneagles , but I had to get back to the outplacement people — and did so , only to find ‘ my ’ counsellor had , for the third time , failed to keep an appointment with me . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but I did n't get the money it carried . ’ |
| 17 | T er but you you was n't putting the hours in , so you did n't get the money . |
| 18 | Use the stand alone system so it gets the date that we 're going to collect it , it can say all the things that we 've said , it 's , you know , we wrote to you some time ago and , and er we , we did n't get the money if you do n't , as you said , if you do n't send us this money we 're gon na sounds like a threat does n't it , if you do n't send this money within the next three months we 'll automatically collect it together with your regular premium due on the date |
| 19 | Er it is a good thing as a health thing because they , at home they did n't get the company . |
| 20 | There 's a superb prize to that , well congratulations , you 'll receive a small Radio Oxford pen and mug , because you did n't get the goal scorer right . |
| 21 | That 's Terry Phipps from Abingdon who gets the Radio Oxford Guess the Scores prize this week , but he does n't get the full prize because he did n't get the goal scorer right . |
| 22 | well , you did n't get the rest of the question at all . |
| 23 | ‘ Adrian feels he did n't get the success he deserved at Salford and is relishing playing with a side with so many good individual players . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We did n't get the rub of the green and felt we deserved something , but we got zilch and I think it is because this Villa side are so good . |
| 25 | I did n't get the cream . |
| 26 | Erlich said , ‘ I did n't get the message we were exactly priority . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You did n't get the message ? |
| 28 | ‘ What you mean is , you 're not so thick-skulled that you did n't get the message . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't get the role but it 's hard to be bitter when it 's your bum that did n't get the part . ’ |
| 30 | Whitechapel , who did n't get the trip at Ascot last time , has place prospects . |