Example sentences of "not get down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I though he would have hysterics ; he could not get down on the ground quick enough to carry this action out . |
| 2 | Even the most competent high-flier , it seems , feels totally inadequate when faced with a child who simply will not get down to work . |
| 3 | But it did not deal with the reasons why people were poor ; it did not get down to the underlying needs of the sick , the disabled , the fatherless , and so on . |
| 4 | For those who can not get down into a bath at all ( as is the case with many back-sufferers and arthritics ) , a shower fitment at one end of the bath , with nylon shower-proof curtains to pull round inside the bath , is one of the best answers . |
| 5 | ( He was n't really lying — they did often think of it even if they did n't get down to it . ) |
| 6 | These flows were relatively small and they did n't get down to the lower , inhabited parts of the mountain . |
| 7 | I mean , you do n't get down to things and then break off for refreshments , do you ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Mrs Hellyer ca n't get down to it because of her leg , but it 's all right . |
| 9 | Norman Smart suffers from angina , so he ca n't get down to his local post office to buy a TV licence . |
| 10 | Well I do n't get down to . |
| 11 | A grudging Thatcher admirer ‘ her principles might have stunk , but at least she was principled ’ he regards the Labour party as unwieldy , undemocratic , totalitarian , outdated and one or two other things we did n't get down in time . |