Example sentences of "n't get [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 No , they did n't because they did n't finish till half five they did n't get here till I got soaked yesterday morning !
2 ‘ I 'm sure that it was after two and before half-past , but I ca n't get closer than that . ’
3 He could n't get away when I did , so I came up on my own .
4 well , I ca n't get away cos the children are in bed .
5 We could see them , but we could n't get near because there was no wind .
6 Alison , who runs a company specialising in marketing travel and tourism , has known Nick , an architect , for about 12 years , but they did n't get together until he became her lodger .
7 Well you know what they say , you do n't get anywhere unless you ask .
8 Oh and something else I heard yeah and this does n't get anywhere cos Lucy erm told me and did n't tell anyone but erm she was talking to Tom about erm Laura and Dave and apparently s while George and erm Dave were going out they actually planned they were gon na get back together .
9 Ca n't remember , cos I do n't think you stayed for coffee and you did n't get home till it was about ten to one was n't it ?
10 I did n't get home until dark .
11 ‘ But he did n't get home until half-past two and his car was seen by one of your men at Badger 's Cross . ’
12 and she does n't get home until half past , six it 's
13 If you ca n't , if you ca n't get home if you have to go the that play , give me ring .
14 And those beetles of yours — the ones that could n't get home because the sheet was moving almost as fast as they could walk — that must be how it is for light moving through our space .
15 She kept trying to pull herself up , but she could n't get further than lifting her head forward a few inches .
16 I know and like on Thursday yeah I mean we 're gon na be there for about an hour and a half probably yeah , and I wan na go home and I wan na drop my bag off and I wan na change my clothes and that 's gon na be like seven o'clock or eight o'clock like cos I wan na come round to band practice tomorrow and I wo n't get there until bloody eight o'clock and miss half my bloody weekend .
17 So we ca n't get there because it become impractical and those people get lost .
18 But as sure as God made little apples , you certainly wo n't get there if you do n't make the effort . ’
19 Athenix was looking for another $8m at least and reportedly could n't get more than $4.5m pledged .
20 We do n't get more than fifteen steps before there are over 100 people around us , wanting to touch Ali or shake his hand .
21 Matt was gone , and anyway the crew could n't get more than 20 or 30 yards beyond where they 'd set up because they do n't exactly have towpaths in the Jungle .
22 But we , he did n't get more than two or three guineas a week did he when we were first
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