Example sentences of "do [adv] get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it did not get any better . |
| 32 | PS Mark , I did not get any slippers although I could do with some . |
| 33 | ‘ I had this notion ( on coming to Britain ) that if my family did not get any sunlight they would vanish ! ’ 1 |
| 34 | The virus , whose main symptom is explosive diarrhoea , kills those who drink water mixed with sewage , are weak from disease or malnutrition , and do not get prompt care . |
| 35 | Older surveys such as those by Mauriel and Anthony ( 1966 ) , Tomkins ( 1973 ) , and Reece and Cool ( 1978 ) , and more recent studies such as those of Pike ( 1983 ) , Scapens and Sale ( 1985 ) and Cornwell ( 1987 ) , do not get close enough to behaviour in specific contexts to reveal whether companies are suffering from a misuse of ROI . |
| 36 | Secondly , you will best get there by squeezing all you can out of every position you hold and out of the experience of every man you serve or meet : pick their brains , study their successes and their failures ; never be afraid to ask questions or put new ideas , but do not get upset or angry if they are not accepted at first , and do not assume that the other man 's judgment is wrong . |
| 37 | Moreover , the rich businesses do not get richer and the poor do not get poorer . |
| 38 | Unfortunately , if there are any WordPerfect graphics in the document , they do not get printed . |
| 39 | In my experience , badgers that are fed do not get used to people in general , but only to those who visit and feed them regularly ( or those people that badgers meet in gardens on their regular nightly wanderings ) . |
| 40 | The ‘ rehabilitation ’ or ‘ long-term support ’ team , as well as caring for a group of people with long-term problems , should also be responsible for maintaining a register of all people who should be receiving help in order to assist with monitoring their progress , ensuring that they receive the right care and treatment and that they do not get lost to the service . |
| 41 | One is dismayed to learn that 3,000 million do not get pure drinking water and so are too weak to undertake the work necessary to grow more food . |
| 42 | Here things do not get better and better , they go from bad to worse . |
| 43 | Some will survive winter outdoors with plenty of lagging round the container so that the roots do not get frozen , and protective mulches , or plastic sheet round the top growth . |
| 44 | But it is equally vital they do not get complacent about the disease as there are many other forms against which there is no protection . |
| 45 | Shakes hands firmly but do not get involved in a ‘ trial of strength ’ handshake . |
| 46 | The response was that we do not get involved in trying i in to get foreign administrations to try to tell them what decisions they should make . |
| 47 | If you do not get active and stay active , you 've got a snowball 's chance in hell of maintaining any weight loss . |
| 48 | I believe that this is because they do everything so well that they do not get excessive pitching movements in their training stall recoveries . |
| 49 | Most pickers earn the equivalent to the government minimum daily wage in a day 's work , but they do not get any of the benefits of social security payments , minimal though they are , that employed workers receive nor the security of a regular wage . |
| 50 | But you do NOT get any perks for buying FC shares . |
| 51 | True , they do not get any cash , but they get a big chunk of valuable stock and , most important , they get to leave the Unix business and stop supporting the big white Unix elephant . |
| 52 | I realise that it is my ability to change do get do not get any separately items will affect the rights of the third party . |
| 53 | It has been suggested that it occurs when susceptible individuals do not get enough natural light during the winter months . |
| 54 | Some children do not get enough reinforcement ( rewards ) ; others receive far too much without ever earning it . |
| 55 | British climbers simply do not get enough practice in downclimbing before they visit the alps . |
| 56 | Children do not get enough opportunities to talk without the teacher 's presence . |
| 57 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 58 | Not only our skeletal muscles but the heart muscle also tends to degenerate if we do not get sufficient exercise , and this can lead eventually to heart failure . |
| 59 | Moreover , the rich businesses do not get richer and the poor do not get poorer . |
| 60 | Our amendments do not get proper consideration on Report or in Committee if there is a timetable motion . |