Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right . |
| 2 | Mind you , given the A2 's remarkable programming capability there really would n't be much of an excuse for not getting it right . |
| 3 | We may have been bombarded by our parents with many messages like ‘ You must try harder ’ and ‘ You 're not getting it right . ’ |
| 4 | Not getting it right first time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm tired of reading and hearing about bands who do nothing but slag off their first record , and blame the producer for not getting it right . |
| 6 | They 're not getting it right , and there are really no longer any excuses . ’ |
| 7 | Will he explain to industralists why they should risk their long-term capital on economic forecasts from Ministers who can not get them right even three months ahead ? |
| 8 | Those who pin their hopes on highly specified , short range solutions may or may not get it right . |
| 9 | With Alice , she could not get it right . |
| 10 | I welcome both the inquiries that the right hon. Gentleman has so speedily set up , but may I advise him that , if we do not get it right this time , we shall be at the Dispatch Box again to consider still more cases ? |
| 11 | Yes , stool making , you know I 've got a stool here , I made that stool over there ages ago for me daughter-in-law and this one I can not get it right I 've , I 've , it 's , it 's , I 'm trying I 've got to undo it again there , it 's not right , I think it is because the cord 's too thick , it 's a very thick cord and I 've not got enough stitches you know not enough strands on it , but I 'm gon na do it , it 'll be done before Christmas I 've got to do it otherwise |
| 12 | Wait a minute cos I might not get it right , tell me a big number |
| 13 | And they er I 'm not putting it right close though . |
| 14 | He says no , but he , he , he still half owns it , he says his name 's on the lease , I said but it still do n't make it right that if he , if he earned half of it then half the bills are his |
| 15 | She said : ‘ One of my slogans was , ‘ If the Tories have n't got it right in 13 years , then they never will . ’ |
| 16 | They probably have n't got it right — their rates are all different — so we are holding back . |
| 17 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It is very important that players do go and play for their country , but we have n't got it right here , ’ said Francis . |
| 19 | ‘ He has n't got it right then , ’ snapped Lydia . |
| 20 | ‘ He has n't got it right at all . |
| 21 | Darling Bob , do n't be cross if I have n't got it right , but is it one of your beloved American writers ? |
| 22 | I have n't got it right , but a , what I 'm trying to say is you do n't ask a lady her age . |
| 23 | have n't got it right actually , I mean basically we can go up the top shop and buy what we like ca n't we ? |
| 24 | In Paris I was n't getting it right . |
| 25 | They were erm a bit reluctant and were going to fight against it cos they thought they were going to look for er places to bury nuclear waste and it was shelved but I ca n't prove them right and I ca n't prove them wrong . |
| 26 | Fair point , but the Leeds defence has struggled for almost a season and he still has n't put it right . |
| 27 | But I ca n't get them right and he 's so disappointed . |
| 28 | they live in the , a beautiful house , a little house , old , very old and erm they always said there was a secret passage underneath and my , my uncle er used to er he used , he named , he named some locks , my uncle did a till lock and when I star began to work there er they were called Salmon Baits and er Mr said to me you know he said er it 's your un they used to call him Trot , my uncle , it 's your uncle Trot that named them and I said was it and it was a till lock and they could n't get them right er they were having trouble with these particular till locks , and er my uncle said to Mr when he went around they were having trouble and he said , all these locks all these things are good for a bait for Salmon and then they were called Salmon Bait and they were traded as Salmon Bait so |
| 29 | He says that th the communists have , have got have n't got the erm the reasons right for this and that they ne if they do n't get them right then they , they are going to , to , it will be bad for the revolution , they need |
| 30 | If they ca n't get it right in 13 years , they never will . |