Example sentences of "would [not/n't] get " in BNC.

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1 His computer ranking would not get him into a 42-man field .
2 Annual holiday camps are held for boys and girls from poorer families who otherwise would not get away , with costs paid by the RUC ; these are so popular that parents ring requesting that their children be allowed to go again .
3 ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved .
4 However , you would not get £149.95p each if you fell on hard times and wanted to sell your sovereigns .
5 However , you would not get £149.95p each if you fell on hard times and wanted to sell your sovereigns .
6 However , you would not get £149.95p each if you fell on hard times and wanted to sell your sovereigns .
7 They would not get away so lightly today .
8 Once with you , you would not get rid of her easily , I feel it in my bones .
9 The women , as usual , bore the brunt of it , for everyone stayed up late , children refused to go to bed at night and men would not get up in the morning .
10 The strategy devised from this included setting out his shopping list for a post-election pact so far in advance that the Liberal Democrats would not get the blame if a deal fails to materialise , and a second election is forced .
11 Mr Heseltine was asked on LBC radio whether , if the Conservatives ended up the largest party with , say , 320 seats , Mr Major would not get on the telephone to do a deal to secure an overall majority .
12 He added : ‘ Even if it rained between now and October more heavily than it has ever done in recorded time there would still be rivers , such as the Ver in Hertfordshire , that would not get enough water to enable them to flow properly .
13 If we are to continue with a system of grants for specific operations on the land we must ask ourselves whether , in many crofting areas , we would not get better land use , and a greater benefit to the nation , if we grant-aided amenity planting on the in-bye land to improve the appearance of the villages .
14 In environments with seasonally poor supplies the large troop hoovering its way across the countryside would however soon clean up the food and many individuals would not get enough to eat .
15 He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’
16 They needed clothes that would not get torn in a fight , which would stay pressed and neat and which would identify them in a crowd .
17 He placed an old towel on the bathroom floor so that it would not get wet and he ensured that everything he needed was within reach so that he did not have to move from the spot and so drip water everywhere .
18 If you married that to your usual 1¼lb test-curve legering rod , you would not get away with it very often .
19 Would you steal from shops if it could be guaranteed that you would not get caught ?
20 Of course , it would not get there without help .
21 Nevertheless , some of those who were very close to the man would not get ill despite receiving a very large dose of bugs and some , who were in the most distant part of the bus , would catch it despite receiving a small dose .
22 Also , recording engineers could ‘ tame ’ performances of wide dynamic range , so that loud passages would not overload the cutter ( or give repeating grooves in the master-wax ) , and soft passages would not get lost behind the surface noise .
23 ‘ If one little bit was missing , Le Court would not get like it does . ’
24 In many places the wood was too thick and Marian thought that horses would not get far in it .
25 Sometimes , when it snowed heavily , the filmmakers were terrified lest she would not get back from London in time .
26 She loved him , and was both sorry and glad that he was gay , and hoped that he would not get drunk .
27 Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund .
28 The Independent Television Commission also feared the company would not get enough City investment .
29 Until Wednesday , the worst manifestation of that was warning young Members that they would not get promoted if they did not do what they were told .
30 Linda once said she would not get out of bed for less than Pounds 10,000 .
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