Example sentences of "did [not/n't] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although ‘ Rastaman Vibration ’ did not get universally good notices on release in 1976 , time has offered it a better response . |
| 2 | However the Messerschmitts did not get away unscathed — indeed Fw . |
| 3 | The posts did not get nearer . |
| 4 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 5 | He said they did not get near enough to the 92-year-old Queen Mother 's third-floor room to pose a security risk . |
| 6 | An inspector and two crews were stranded at Fleetwood and did not get home until 5.00 p.m. the next day . |
| 7 | I did not get home till 6:00 am on sunday after the spurs game ! ! ! but that 's another story . |
| 8 | It suggests to the black who gets the job , and the white colleagues he meets , that he did not get there on merit , but because of the colour of his skin . |
| 9 | He did not get as far as the main Cossack encampments at Peggetz and Oberdrauberg near Lienz , a considerable distance further west . |
| 10 | ‘ She cried all last night and I did not get much sleep either . |
| 11 | I was so excited that I did not get much sleep that night . |
| 12 | I was so excited with my discovery that I did not get much sleep that night . |
| 13 | They did not get far . |
| 14 | However justifiable its aims , this American arm-twisting did not get far . |
| 15 | He did not get far . |
| 16 | The Ilkley proposal did not get far , and the Worcester course , having been approved , later had validation withdrawn . |
| 17 | Which makes the documentation all the more poignant when you know the project did not get anywhere . |
| 18 | Mr Reed had to wait almost a year before serious preparation for the trial began , and the trial proper did not get underway until 11 February 1991 , by which time the judge had sat through four months of preparatory hearings . |
| 19 | Ideologically they did not get very far . |
| 20 | The social worker did not get very far , but having decided to leave , met the son-in-law returning , outside the flat . |
| 21 | All attempts to link the countries more closely together through the Council of Europe , the most appropriate body because of the wide spread of its membership , did not get very far . |
| 22 | Nigel Barnes had Kate Kennett as a tutor , but he did not get very far with the evaluative work : |
| 23 | Between them they invented a sort of polka , in which their feet did not get too mixed up . |
| 24 | She was tall , perfectly proportioned , and was more than happy for it to be admired , just so long as the admiration did not get too intrusive . |
| 25 | ‘ I did not get too much traffic and that was a big hope for me . |
| 26 | Maureen , book the only thing you did n't get today |
| 27 | Well there were the jobs tha that I mentioned really , production manager or assistant director and now he would have been quite happy I know to have done those , because I remember talking about it you know er and he would have been very good at either of them , but erm er he he did n't get well he was a slightly abrasive man , he he he his erm I I think in a way erm he was a director who could who was not really a very good film director , he he could get things done very quickly and that 's why he worked for bash , bash , bash getting through everything quickly . |
| 28 | Bold spirits in the satellite countries were able to take liberties at home ( Lutoslawski , Penderecki , Kurtag ) when they did n't get away in person ( Panufnik , Ligeti ) . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've lived with it for long enough , but I did n't get away with it this year and I 'm running out of time , ’ said the 26-year-old European champion , who needed a pain-killing injection before the race . |
| 30 | If he did n't get away now , he 'd only be waylaid by the others , there 'd be more whiskies , and it would be all hours before he 'd get to his lodgings and the letter from Elizabeth . |