Example sentences of "[that] they do [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | One group swore that they did not get any salary , but took the job to attract men for prostitution ; and others went out of their way to prove their own sophistication by talking to them . |
| 2 | If the new ministers took no action they would feel , perhaps with justice , that they did not get the quality of co-operation they were entitled to enjoy from their most senior staff . |
| 3 | AEEU 's regional officer , Alwyn Rowlands said workers are angry that they did not get a cost of living increase in April despite the company making a healthy profit . |
| 4 | Parapsychologists have always complained that they did n't get enough funding , Randi says , so this was an ideal opportunity to put them to the test . |
| 5 | A friend has just heard that they did n't get the job that they applied for . |
| 6 | At first , sailors used to sail along the coast and stay within sight of land so that they did n't get lost . |
| 7 | Settlement ‘ I would have thought that they would have learned from the public ridicule of the last month and made certain that they did n't get up to these things again , ’ he told the Press Association . |
| 8 | They would have planned to have won only about half the amount of possession that they did actually get and still hoped to have been in front . |
| 9 | I believe that this is because they do everything so well that they do not get excessive pitching movements in their training stall recoveries . |
| 10 | In their ambivalence , their way of asking often ensures that they do not get the closeness they say they want . |
| 11 | The ‘ rehabilitation ’ or ‘ long-term support ’ team , as well as caring for a group of people with long-term problems , should also be responsible for maintaining a register of all people who should be receiving help in order to assist with monitoring their progress , ensuring that they receive the right care and treatment and that they do not get lost to the service . |
| 12 | Under self-regulation people tend to protect one another so that they do not get caught . |
| 13 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 14 | The disappointment in the parents , the justified reproach that they do not get from the parents what they need , leads to youth 's contempt of civilization , of cultural tradition , and to the opinion that there is nothing to be learned from the history of human development . |
| 15 | It is a good idea to open and close valves every so often to make sure that they do n't get gummed up . |
| 16 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 17 | Often carers complain that they do n't get enough support . |
| 18 | Could you put her blanket in the the seat just so that they do n't get little bits of cotton in it she might um breathe them in . |
| 19 | Yeah I tell myself that , that they do n't get taken off in nature so I leave them |