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

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1 ‘ We accept that we might not get very much for it , but on the other hand we could get more , ’ says Julie Widlake .
2 ‘ I would like to think that any sort of physical abuse does n't go on any more , but this does not mean that people might not get a bucket of water over them sometimes . ’
3 If the help of foreign governments was even suspected , the rebels might not get money from Congress .
4 Of course , it could simply mean that winter foetuses might not get the same diet as others .
5 ‘ My wife thinks I might be risking all my credibility by coming back and that I might not get another job in football .
6 If the radio operator kept his mouth shut , the transgression might not get to the ears of his superiors .
7 ‘ At 71 I might not get the chance to go again . ’
8 If you asked him a question you might not get an answer for a week .
9 The modules could form part of the bare-bones station or the truncated Freedom ( though they might not get up there early on ) ; they could also be mated to the single-launch skylab .
10 I might not get a chance this week to read of the collapse of reason , of the loneliness of standing for something .
11 ‘ They are just black shadows in the vegetation , ’ he told me , increasingly worried that we might not get any shots at all .
12 Even if the phone was answered , the client might not get through to the person he wanted .
13 If he did , he might not get a satisfactory answer .
14 He 's nodding , we , we might not get it .
15 If you 're in some kind of jam with the law , I might not get paid .
16 ’ You mean they might not get us to Fraxilly ’ .
17 S s so w if we use the same thing that we 've just done on our own house and say how can we stop it from happening , might not get a burglar alarm .
18 you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city .
19 We 're leaving in a week and I might not get another chance to come and speak to you .
20 I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all .
21 It was a flimsy pretext and might not get me anywhere , but it was the best I could do at such short notice .
22 One of the big dangers of group training is that if the first one has n't got the skills skills is that he might not get anything out of it .
23 Now , it 's obviously a bit of a gamble , we might give them some money , we might not get anything from it , but we might get a major feature film , or a major television series , which would be very worthwhile indeed .
24 and you know what happens , I mean I , and therefore you er there , there might be a problem within in that you might not get the necessary mass mobilization support from the land reform because of the , of the possible consequences .
25 So , erm you might not get on to number four , if you do , or I tell you to start , can you think of two or three images to add to it which would , which would fit in with the others .
26 So do n't , you get most of your marks for the first erm sort of twenty minutes writing usually unless your r I mean some of you might not get any marks at but I mean most of you will yeah you get most of your marks on the first twenty minutes .
27 I 'd go , but the bike 's still full of ropes and stuff from the weekend and I might not get it in . ’
28 But the AA thinks commuters might not get away with it a third time .
29 If Richard , who suffers badly from asthma , had children , they might not get asthma .
30 People are led to believe they might not get their mail if they use the townland .
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