Example sentences of "[pron] could get " in BNC.
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| 31 | Do you think this is a good idea and do you think I could get a reduction on my Road Tax Fund Licence as 50 per cent of my journeys are made on two wheels ? |
| 32 | I did all those movies because they were the only work I could get , ’ Nicholson said in a frank assessment of his next few years of acting roles on the fringes of Hollywood , appearing almost entirely in low-cost , quickly made horror films , and what were then called teenage exploitation pictures , mostly with Roger Corman . |
| 33 | Everybody wanted that , but I had some contacts , I knew I could get in there . |
| 34 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |
| 35 | Sometimes , when he had been sitting near the side of the boat , an ill-considered back cast sent him flying into the water ; and often it was a close run thing before I could get the landing net under his sodden frame . |
| 36 | A decision had to be made ; or maybe it already had been made by Copper , because if he had decided to lie down before I could get back to him his leg would have been broken irreparably . |
| 37 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 38 | ‘ I stopped just behind you but before I could get out of the car you were well away . |
| 39 | A common complaint from people who have not been taught properly is often : ‘ I could get the sail up alright and sail a little , but I could n't turn round and come back . ’ |
| 40 | But he remained hopeful of securing Walden in the future , for he ‘ would be the making of the Leeds City team if only I could get him to Elland Road ’ . |
| 41 | During the worst period for external conditions of the whole three years the only book I could get hold of ( and then only after putting my name down on a waiting list ) was Somerset Maugham 's enormous Of Human Bondage . |
| 42 | Sometimes I feel that I could get to the point where I 'd let her get on the bus [ transport to day care ] in the morning and then ring them up later and say ‘ Do n't bring her back because I wo n't let her in ’ … |
| 43 | This was as far as I could get by water . |
| 44 | Industrial action was taken and I could get no help . |
| 45 | Now I would be calling a solicitor to see how I could get it dissolved on the best possible terms . |
| 46 | No , I could get water when I found a Ladies . |
| 47 | I could get two part-time jobs — forty pounds a week — you ca n't live on forty pounds a week … |
| 48 | ‘ She 's the best I could get … ’ |
| 49 | ‘ I wish I could get my hands on him , ’ said the thin man viciously . |
| 50 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 51 | Uncle used to tie the legs of the poor beast and then I could get a fleece off , but it was a method expert shearers used to scorn . |
| 52 | But it was still ten o'clock before I could get down to meet Marie . |
| 53 | He added , ‘ But I would chuck it immediately if I could get into the army . ’ |
| 54 | I have proved this to some extent by night netting , when I have found I could get a double catch off the same ground by netting both before and after midnight in the same night . |
| 55 | Or Tasse — perhaps I could get Tasse . |
| 56 | I felt that if I could get into a regular habit-forming routine then I would be able to keep it up beyond the 30 days . |
| 57 | I could get someone they do that for nothing . ’ |
| 58 | I 'm only here for the beer in the first place and , the way I see it , if old skull-face came knocking on my door with his scythe at least I could get my laughing gear around some of that celestial scrumpy ! |
| 59 | I 've heard it 's out for the Commie ( well , has been for years ) , and was wondering where I could get hold of a copy . |
| 60 | Luckily I 'd had some speed earlier : when I was on blues I could get through anything . |