Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not get [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reserve of justice remained with the King , and so those who could not get relief in the King 's ordinary courts might , with some hope of success , petition the King and his Council for redress , if not as a matter of right at least as a favour . |
| 2 | Craig Brewin , chairman of the Football Supporters Association , said fans who could not get tickets for big matches would face ‘ frustration ’ if they could not afford satellite dishes . |
| 3 | so , if you normally work a five day week and lose a day 's work you will not get UB for that day because you are not unemployed for 3 days of the social welfare week . |
| 4 | If she was not , she can not get SMP from you unless she was ‘ fairly dismissed ’ . |
| 5 | She can not get a job without training and she can not get training from the Basildon authorities so as to make herself available for work . |
| 6 | In addition , you should keep a supply of form SMP1 which you will need to give to those employees who can not get SMP from you . |
| 7 | If you can not get hold of one , make smaller muffins in an ordinary bun tray and bake for only 10–15 minutes . |
| 8 | If you can not get hold of dental dams , you can cut open a condom instead ( use the non-lubricated or flavoured varieties ) ! |
| 9 | If you can not get hold of ripe red tomatoes , add one tablespoon of tomato purée to the soup to improve its colour . |
| 10 | Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number . |
| 11 | ‘ It is very sad to see up to three million people on the dole while we can not get applicants for good jobs in our industry , ’ he added . |
| 12 | When they could not get money from the machine they beat her with sticks . |
| 13 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 14 | They complained that they could not get loans from LEDU and if they did , the money only came after long delays . |
| 15 | This has an immediate effect on the workload at the CAB where claimants often go when they can not get satisfaction at the Department of Social Security . |
| 16 | It could not get hold of me and stifle me ; for it would employ only my hands and a certain section of my knowledge ; the rest of me would be free : after office hours my escape would be absolute ; and then the holidays would enable me , according to my powers and my wishes , to live another life as different as that of Jekyll from that of Hyde . |
| 17 | Neal Blewett found just forty-eight " predominantly middle-class " constituencies in 1910 , while Michael Kinnear found seventy-five in 1921 ( and Kinnear 's figure is certainly an understatement , for he could not get figures for divided boroughs outside London , many of which certainly would come into his category , so the real figure may be more like ninety ) . |
| 18 | Even the SIB suffers ; Mr Large has been unable to establish a new retail financial regulator , the personal-investment authority , because he can not get agreement from banks , building societies and life insurers . |