Example sentences of "[pron] never get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 2 | I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had . |
| 3 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 4 | I never got a bite in their da 's today . |
| 5 | How I never got a dose of clap I 'll never know ! |
| 6 | I never got a shot off . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 8 | I 've got Mayfair Piccadilly , Fleet Street and Regent Street , but I never got a set did I ? |
| 9 | ‘ But I never got a reply . |
| 10 | I never get a choice . |
| 11 | Not really , I never get a holiday in the summer ! |
| 12 | Last season , I had one which I never got a chance to use : - ( . |
| 13 | Each day I followed their tracks and several times got close before they snorted and crashed off ; but the reeds were so dense I never got a glimpse . |
| 14 | She never got a phone call about that job |
| 15 | ‘ But what 's the point of going up to Luxor if you never get a chance to see anything ? ’ asked Nanette . |
| 16 | You never get a chance to have yourself an evening to relax . |
| 17 | The trouble is , when you 've got your violin it means you never get a chance , you know , if they say well we 're going to prepare however , well she can . |
| 18 | Cos we said you never get a golliwog and we saw one and we |
| 19 | You never get a moment for yourself because you never take a break from the children . |
| 20 | If your so called parents decided to have an abortion that 's it , you 're history , you never got a chance or a choice . |
| 21 | Give them the drawing number so we sent a transmittal note , course we never got a transmittal note back . |
| 22 | Yeah , well we never get a chance do we . |
| 23 | Ah we , we , her and I cheered on who , who , who could n't score , he never , they never got a score . |
| 24 | They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge . |
| 25 | Everyone has their own and it 's a great shame if they never get a chance to ask them . ’ |
| 26 | They never get a feedback saying , thanks for those comments but I 've those because , because I thought somebody else 's |
| 27 | Yeah , I mean , but he never gets a panic or not and he just lets her get on with it and he just stands there . |
| 28 | Because you are always available , he never gets a chance to take any decisions while you are away . |
| 29 | ‘ And the fact that he never got a kick at Maine Road , and the sort of game he watched today , makes English football very attractive to him . |
| 30 | Morgan said he never got a reply from the English company . |