Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [adv] get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is posed with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 2 | People can not be photographed well at a quarter of a second … = The problem can only be solved with patience , and with the realisation that , much as one is poised with the right pressure on the cable release , one may not actually get a shot because of the steady stream of people making their way ( quite properly ) to a performance in the hall itself . |
| 3 | He referred to a dinner given in honour of A. R. Orage , the retiring editor whom Philip Mairet was to replace , which was of inordinate length and at which there were interminable speeches , and where — this was represented as the ultimate horror , uttered in the tones of a cri de coeur — ‘ you could n't even get a drink ! ’ |
| 4 | " Great pity we could n't even get a glimpse of her . |
| 5 | It was absurd that Norman Ward Westerman and Lord Boddy should listen with real deference to his views on Halifax , while at home he could n't even get a hearing from his own wife . |
| 6 | Anyway , ’ she added with a rueful look , ‘ I could n't even get a cup of tea . |
| 7 | One could n't just get a campaign up and running overnight — although the recession bit both ways , so at least there would be space available in the media for short-term bookings . |
| 8 | Chance here for Forest perhaps Collimore pulls it back but then could n't either get a shot or a pass it effectively . |
| 9 | Goodnight discounts rumours that his company could n't actually get a version of SAS to work on that particular platform , saying the firm is n't working on such a port now , and has no plans to do any other Motorola Inc 680X0 implementations besides the Unix one it offers currently . |
| 10 | You ca n't even get a compromise really round here in that you 've got ta have one or the other . |
| 11 | They ca n't even get a council house out there ! |
| 12 | Ca n't even get a boy to deliver ! |
| 13 | I ca n't even get a bus pass . |
| 14 | I play in all types of weather and very few people play tennis anyway so you ca n't always get a game . |
| 15 | We ca n't really get a feel for the man at the moment , except as a personality , and that is coming across through the media as Terry points out , various aspects of his personality . |
| 16 | You will not always get a reply but you may be surprised at how often you do . |