Example sentences of "the [noun] do not get " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is to ensure that the gully does not get blocked by leaves and other debris and also so that the action of the water gushing into the gully is to clean it . |
| 2 | It seems that somewhere along the line , the RAF did not get to keep the initial emblazon that was required by the College to turn a squadron ‘ official ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But while the battle goes on , the aid does not get through , and in Central Bosnia , a million and a half people depend upon it . |
| 5 | In a book generally very critical of Reagan , this comes as a rather surprising encomium to his effectiveness in office , although Stockman also makes it clear that the president did not get all that he had asked for in tax cuts . |
| 6 | He finished his report to them in 1765 but the Commissioners did not get theirs until 1771 , and a further expedition in that year produced another report for S.P.C.K. Walker 's " Report on the Hebrides in 1764 & 1771 " can be read with advantage in the edition by Margaret M. McKay published in 1980 . |
| 7 | He finished his report to them in 1765 but the Commissioners did not get theirs until 1771 , and a further expedition in that year produced another report for S.P.C.K. Walker 's " Report on the Hebrides in 1764 & 1771 " can be read with advantage in the edition by Margaret M. McKay published in 1980 . |
| 8 | The posts did not get nearer . |
| 9 | ‘ The parents do not get the same child back at the end of this trip , ’ says Dreamflight co-founder Pat Pearce . |
| 10 | Provided the Conservatives do not get a working majority in the General Election we can hope to see some attention being given to our access problems at last and increasing awareness and support from the general public . |
| 11 | As the NHS did not get a ‘ grant ’ for community care , the temptation will be to concentrate on what goes on inside brick walls and let the rest go hang . |
| 12 | His main concern now is the protection of the valuable fish some worth more than £1,500 each so special ‘ unhooking mats ’ have been ordered so that the fish do not get damaged by mishandling . |
| 13 | In fact the liquidator did not get paid until August 1989 . |
| 14 | If the disc does not get a higher rating , it is because of the coupling . |
| 15 | However the Messerschmitts did not get away unscathed — indeed Fw . |
| 16 | Murray was becoming increasingly flamboyant in style , which meant that his rages were fearful when the rest of the team did not get him what he wanted . |
| 17 | ‘ The secret was kept in the way most secrets are kept , which is to say that although the truth did not get out , something got out . |
| 18 | By authorising force , the UN did not get itself a say in the running of the war . |
| 19 | Wind shielding : the burner design gives the flame good protection and the case lid 's stiff hinges allow it to be propped upright giving some extra protection ( assuming the pot does not get in the way ) . |
| 20 | If the Greeks do not get their debt under control — and that , be it repeated , means getting a 7%-of-GDP surplus on the ordinary part of their budget , so as to have enough money left over to pay what is due on the debt — they will one day find they can not sell the bonds that keep the debt going . |
| 21 | In parts of the West Country and the South , much of the land had been enclosed long before the fifteenth century , whereas in some of the northern counties the movement did not get under way until late in the sixteenth . |
| 22 | That game was billed as football 's Armageddon and the fact that there was no trouble between rival fans in the Rheinstadion did not get in the way of a good hooligan story . |
| 23 | But being able to mend the lift does not get you to the top in merchant banking . |
| 24 | The witnesses did not get a chance to give evidence against the killer in court . |
| 25 | Shots came from every side of the stockade , hitting the wooden house , but the bullets did not get through the thick walls . |
| 26 | ‘ They did throw eggs and flour , but the players did not get hit and just walked through to their rooms . |
| 27 | If the project does not get into gear now and if we go back to the drawing board , it will be decades before we get another scheme that is worked through to the present level . |
| 28 | Which makes the documentation all the more poignant when you know the project did not get anywhere . |
| 29 | The AFPFL did not get things all their way : they had to accept six seats on the new Council ( no better than Dorman-Smith had offered the previous year ) . |
| 30 | The police did not get his name and address or make enquiries at his workplace to check out his story before they arrested him . |