Example sentences of "they [verb] [not/n't] [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife , Elizabeth , has told Mollie that they did not really get the view that it was coming their way until the next week ; but , in fact , it was . |
| 2 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 3 | They did n't even get a record deal . |
| 4 | They did n't even get as far as the bedroom , one of the soft rugs strewn over the carpeting in her lounge serving as their bed of reunion , Maria still partly and Luke almost fully clothed as they subsided on to its subtly glowing colours . |
| 5 | Well I mean if , if it was full and they did n't all get the |
| 6 | They did n't often get roast meat , only what Auntie Lou called ‘ Done Down ’ , which was the remains of the joint after Mr Evans had finished with it , minced up with bread and gravy browning . |
| 7 | Even when the new models were being produced they did n't always get to the dealers : a dispute at Toleman , which distributes Fords , caused vast stockpiles . |
| 8 | We found they did n't really get jumping until closer to midnight . |
| 9 | They did n't really get a hold did they ? |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | Some of its products move so fast they do n't even get into the catalogue . |
| 12 | But you can see why if you 're selling inappropriately , if you sell someone for example , a savings plan , and they cash it in the first four years , and they do n't even get what they paid in it , how they 're going to be very annoyed , because from what they could see , they were getting a savings plan . |
| 13 | They do n't actually get abroad a lot , in theory , although they do n't always stick too closely to their brief . |
| 14 | The project we 're hoping to sponsor , there 's now Friends of the Earth in Ghana , erm who 've Doctor Plumtree quite rightly said , Ghana are working hard on re-forestation schemes , and a scheme that Friends of the Earth is doing is a community re- forestation scheme , because a lot of the re-forestation schemes are from the top down , and they do n't actually get the villagers involved in whatever , so we 'll actually be funding community reforestation schemes , several species of trees , particularly those which help to regenerate the soil , especially if it 's been degraded because the trees have been chopped down , or what-have-you . |
| 15 | They do n't quite get it . |
| 16 | They do n't half get you at it , do n't they ? |
| 17 | Well you see they 're always talking about what we do n't get in this country , they do n't tell you what they do n't bloody get abroad . |
| 18 | I 'm afraid we have a lot of people in top management today whose background is such that they do n't really get involved with people on the shop floor . |
| 19 | But they do n't really get much out of it I suspect if they do n't . |
| 20 | They do n't always get it right . |
| 21 | We need illusions ; they do n't always get shattered , and reality sometimes actually surpasses them . ’ |
| 22 | New babies get so many lovely clothes as presents , that they do n't always get a chance to wear them all . ’ |
| 23 | Inevitably they do not always get it right . |
| 24 | Mick , the National Officer has been er , the link between these organizations and I hope that the er , Professional erm , Boxers ' Association will give some credit to the G M B in erm , establishing themselves and we hope , as an organization , that in the future that they can be successful and we can be sure they will be because they 've not only got the likes of Barry but they 've got many other , prominent er , boxers who will , I 'm sure , establish erm , the Association in a very er , positive fashion . |
| 25 | as if they had n't already got enough to do , the referees will have one hell of a job with the new law . |
| 26 | They had not yet got Richards , however , and when Collis King joined him they decided it was time to entertain the crowd . |
| 27 | They have n't even got my benefits sorted out . |
| 28 | Her body is probably naked by now but there is nothing as naked as human eyes : they have n't even got skin over them . |
| 29 | Want to know do n't they and they have n't even got us a biscuit . |
| 30 | If they have n't quite got it , then we may need to re-do parts of it . |