Example sentences of "not getting a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They 're not getting a long lie .
2 But Clough is adamant , saying : ‘ Pearce is not getting a new contract . ’
3 and look what he said on Friday , I wanted on main lines he said , but you 're not one of them and you 're not getting a new motor
4 not getting a new motor ?
5 You 're here to see us acting naturally and I do n't see why we should change , because then you 're not getting a true picture , are you ?
6 I said I 'm not getting a fair square deal here .
7 He 's told you that you 're not , we 're not getting a fair share of the business with him , but the figures I see do n't do n't say that at all
8 Small wonder , therefore , that egg producers feel they are not getting a fair deal .
9 Hatton , for example , summed up the delinquency of Reggie Smashem and Billy Dustup as ‘ nothing more serious than the symptoms of healthy , vigorous , adventurous adolescence ’ : ‘ I propose to make a practical examination of this question of the ‘ hooligan ’ ’ , for I am seriously concerned that he is not getting a fair deal . ’
10 There is now problems on the streets of , there is anger in the outer areas that through your postal code politics people are not getting a fair deal in the outer areas of this city .
11 In a recent interview with this newspaper , Mr McCormick said : ‘ I would be the first to complain if I felt we were n't getting a fair crack of the whip . ’
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