Example sentences of "[adv] failed get " in BNC.
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| 1 | An interesting sidelight on battlefront conditions came from his remarks that the Peshmerga brought in for attention mainly tended to be suffering from wounds to their limbs from weapons such as Kalashnikovs , since those who sustained head or body injuries generally failed to get as far as a field hospital . |
| 2 | First , there is the point that Heath signally failed to get his popular backing against ‘ union blackmail ’ . |
| 3 | Duncan Shearer just failed to get on the end of the youngster 's cross . |
| 4 | New York and Dallas both failed to get off the ground , either financially or politically . |
| 5 | This case merited only a six-inch column in one newspaper , but probably failed to get widespread coverage on several grounds : the case was held outside London ( in Manchester ) and the case was not contested . |
| 6 | We reckoned that Just William ( see right ) probably failed to get elected as a Thatcherite Tory candidate in the General Election , his campaign having been scuppered partly because of rumours to his large and highly unsuccessful estate agency , where he is subject to bouts of manic depression and alcohol abuse . |
| 7 | Sadly , church people have often so dismally failed to get along with each other that they are powerless to get along with the needy in the world . |
| 8 | Dunfermline also surprisingly failed to get both points due to a fighting performance from Dumbarton while Kilmarnock were saved by an injury time equaliser from Calum Campbell against bottom club Cowdenbeath . |
| 9 | But Wycombe almost snatched a dramatic , last-gasp equaliser when Simon Hutchinson 's cross flew across the face of the goal and Keith Scott fractionally failed to get a decisive touch . |
| 10 | Risky , certainly ; but it has n't yet failed to get the class — and the child concerned — to argue strongly that while there 's life there 's hope ! |
| 11 | For the same article the journalist evidently failed to get any juicy quotes from his present wife and despite the misleading by-line By his two wives , the material rests on the words of a named ‘ neighbour in the tiny close of council houses ’ , who incidentally provides no information on his sex life but on his lack of neighbourliness : ‘ He was not very neighbourly — he would always try to avoid speaking … ’ |
| 12 | In other important cities , however , including Málaga in the south , Santander on the north coast , and the Basque city of Bilbao , the rising either failed to get started or was swiftly quelled by loyal troops and members of the two main armed police forces , the Civil Guard and Assault Guard . |
| 13 | Bolton had made it clear that Jack was not for sale , but Chapman , who in twenty years of football management rarely failed to get his man , was determined . |
| 14 | Mr Hayton last year voiced concern that some part-time stations occasionally failed to get any response , particularly in the day time and the nearest full-time station had to cover . |
| 15 | One of the issues that has inexplicably failed to get even a whisper of an airing in the campaign wars of words is whether a graphical interface is the preferred environment for a large proportion of desktop users . |