Example sentences of "not get the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not got the second part , anyway , he phoned up about ten to two and said , but , but before that she had said that he had met Mark |
| 2 | What is more , they really have not got the emotional energy to do this until the practical issues that beset a recently bereaved person have been sorted out . |
| 3 | Why do I always look at houses that I ca n't , I 've got , not got the remotest chance of owning ? |
| 4 | I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper . |
| 5 | It 's not got the same discipline |
| 6 | These are , of course , useful if you want to send a compressed file to someone who has not got the same compression program , so can not de-compress the file at the other end . |
| 7 | It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight . |
| 8 | Adrian Bourne : ‘ We were not getting the best range of stock into Dillons ’ |
| 9 | FRONT GATE : They got the hall and the bridge , but they 're not getting the front gate . |
| 10 | As I grow chrysanths we have to do erm I 'm not getting the right word . |
| 11 | Without Angela Morgan , at least two major clients were in danger of not getting the assiduous service they were paying for , and it would be well worth trying to see if one of them , whom he knew to be a fellow refugee from family life at the weekends , could be found . |
| 12 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 13 | ‘ Aid to these countries is of a high humanitarian priority at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and it is not getting the desired coverage because of problems in neighbouring states . ’ |
| 14 | Like bees buzzing up and down my window pane , the instinct is too deep for such a creature to see or to reason that he is not getting the expected response . |
| 15 | Maybe you 're not getting the full story and all the facts . |
| 16 | And you 're not getting the proper circulation down through |
| 17 | oh no I hope you 're not getting the Chinese flu |
| 18 | It is false economy not to get the right expert , even though getting the right expert may be more expensive . |
| 19 | What is really wanted is not to get the important crate to the door , but to get it there without expending more effort than necessary . |
| 20 | In so many areas the advance man ( who may or may not be the same as the event organiser ) has the on-the-spot knowledge which headquarters staff or the committee can never have — and it 's a mistake not to get the maximum use from it . |
| 21 | Britain can not get the best performance from our employees by giving them the worst treatment . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr Edwards did not get the best price he could have , ’ a merchant banker said . |
| 23 | But in an election the facts speak for themselves ; if you do not get the right message across to the right people , you lose . |
| 24 | Fletcher is clearly concerned that some of England 's key players would not get the right amount of rest before the start of the new season . |
| 25 | NASA will not get the fifth shuttle orbiter it wanted , partly because Ariane , Europe 's conventional launcher , has made inroads into its market . |
| 26 | It does not indicate who comprise " the people " — a question which , through much of its history , did not get the one answer which seems obvious and unavoidable today . |
| 27 | ‘ I can not get the correct stationery ’ |
| 28 | and you know what happens , I mean I , and therefore you er there , there might be a problem within in that you might not get the necessary mass mobilization support from the land reform because of the , of the possible consequences . |
| 29 | He will remember that we also had difficulty over the Tombs report when again we could not get the necessary information . |
| 30 | Endill could not get the strange figure from the library out of his head and had soon forgotten all about his plan to escape . |