Example sentences of "do [not/n't] get [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before . |
| 2 | The contrast in 1992 , when compared to 1991 , is that a big increase in income , £44m , did not get converted into a significant amount of cash in farmers pockets . |
| 3 | She got divorced , I did not get divorced . |
| 4 | In fact the liquidator did not get paid until August 1989 . |
| 5 | ‘ I was very lucky I did not get wiped out completely , ’ he says . |
| 6 | That 's illustrated by the fact that four people who kept them on did not get caught |
| 7 | Some schools , like the one at Bristol , did not get evacuated until 1941 or 1942 because of the increasing likelihood of air-raids in their areas . |
| 8 | I for one did not get carried away with the Triple Crown hype after the ‘ splendour ’ of the victory over Wales ( for which your publication was equally responsible ) . |
| 9 | It just so happens that some people get taught or pick up techniques without too much problem ( because of circumstances and the people they interact with and learn from ) but some individuals simply do not get exposed to the right experiences to learn these things in quite the same way . |
| 10 | Against this background , Conservatives should say : too many prison sentences are given to the wrong people ( eg alcoholics ) ; prison regimes are too often wrong , with prisoners staying inside in relatively soft conditions for relatively long sentences ; too often violent criminals do not get sent to prison as they should ; for young thugs short spells are advocated in glasshouse-type detention centres with a very tough physical regime ( but good food ) ; otherwise there should be a greater emphasis on fines , representing a more humane and economical approach . |
| 11 | However , free amino acids which are the building blocks of protein do not get liberated into the water , just for the sake of it ! |
| 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 | Care is needed here to ensure that the interviewers ' questions do not get crossed . |
| 14 | The unstressed syllables , although unstressed , do not get squeezed together as in a stress timed language , but are still distinctly pronounce . |
| 15 | This is much cheaper when done by housewives in nuclear families than any other way , since these women do not get paid for the work , obtaining only their maintenance . |
| 16 | We do not get paid but we do have a free hack or lesson once a month . |
| 17 | And he now fears other landlords will be put off taking DSS guests if they do not get paid . |
| 18 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 19 | Once the eggs have hatched all surplus rockwork can be removed , to ensure that fry do not get trapped under it . |
| 20 | You need to pace yourself , so that you do not get carried away by the never-ending tasks that could fill your day with frenetic activity . |
| 21 | Ministers give orders that do not get carried out . |
| 22 | Over sixty you do not get included in the statistics which makes it bloody stupid . |
| 23 | It is fashionable among some general business academics to attack DCF by stating that the Japanese do not get caught up in ‘ DCF number games ’ but place more emphasis on corporate discussion and the generation of a consensus about whether the development being considered should go ahead or not . |
| 24 | Under self-regulation people tend to protect one another so that they do not get caught . |
| 25 | Perhaps such cases do not occur with the frequency one may so readily believe or that such cases do not get reported in the national press with the frequency that one might have expected ; or alternatively , perhaps the police are much more successful in capturing the so-called sex maniacs than we sometimes are led to imagine . |
| 26 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |
| 27 | Serious errors , such as the two examples given , are usually corrected very quickly , but many newspaper readers who have personal knowledge of a news item find inaccuracies in reporting which are of less importance and which do not get corrected . |
| 28 | I do n't think I , I do n't know , well I did n't get caned . |
| 29 | Match commander Peter Durham said : ‘ It might have looked bad , but nobody was hurt and the crowd did n't get involved — apart from one 11-year-old lad who joined in . |
| 30 | He hated lying to her , even over something as innocent as this , but it was important that she did n't get involved . |