Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] [adv] get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , ’ she added with a rueful look , ‘ I could n't even get a cup of tea . |
| 2 | I ca n't even get a bus pass . |
| 3 | See , I ca n't even get a proper handle on their mythology . |
| 4 | He referred to a dinner given in honour of A. R. Orage , the retiring editor whom Philip Mairet was to replace , which was of inordinate length and at which there were interminable speeches , and where — this was represented as the ultimate horror , uttered in the tones of a cri de coeur — ‘ you could n't even get a drink ! ’ |
| 5 | You ca n't even get a compromise really round here in that you 've got ta have one or the other . |
| 6 | I play in all types of weather and very few people play tennis anyway so you ca n't always get a game . |
| 7 | Now you ca n't really get a coherent staffing policy within a school in that kind of flux , whereas now people perhaps erm a bit too much at the opposite extreme but nevertheless erm do know that they 're committed to being in the school and have a , therefore a commitment to it , a commitment to improving their own work and , and their collective work . |
| 8 | You will not always get a reply but you may be surprised at how often you do . |
| 9 | Well I mean , I say you wo n't actually get a better selection than looking in here will you ? |
| 10 | " Great pity we could n't even get a glimpse of her . |
| 11 | And we ca n't even get a decent piece of grub round this place now . |
| 12 | We ca n't even , and the worse thing is we ca n't even get a decent piece of grub round this place any more . |
| 13 | We ca n't even get a decent piece of grub . |
| 14 | We ca n't really get a feel for the man at the moment , except as a personality , and that is coming across through the media as Terry points out , various aspects of his personality . |
| 15 | They ca n't even get a council house out there ! |
| 16 | It was absurd that Norman Ward Westerman and Lord Boddy should listen with real deference to his views on Halifax , while at home he could n't even get a hearing from his own wife . |