Example sentences of "[noun] could not get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all came to a head the day a fire engine could n't get down the High Street for parked cars . |
| 2 | Security was so tight Stan and Ollie could n't get into the Tory conference . |
| 3 | But my Edna could n't get over the fact that sh she 'd gone through all that |
| 4 | Gazza , who will be watched by England No 2 Lawrie Mcmenemy tonight , said : ‘ Luigi could n't get in the side because of Maradona but he talks about him with no jealously , only admiration . |
| 5 | He has used a fast government car to shake off at least one photographer , but there is a more prosaic explanation for Mr Lamont 's perambulations around Blackpool — his civil servants could not get through the security around the Imperial . |
| 6 | Three cardiac arrest patients had to be flown to hospital by the North Wales police helicopter because ambulances could not get through the floods . |
| 7 | Gibbs did so and Harvey went out to drive , but with his injured leg could not get to the pitch and holed out to Sobers . |
| 8 | As I understand it , some hon. Members could not get into the House before the Division was completed . |
| 9 | The horses could n't get inside the church , so the doors were left open for them to look in on the proceedings . |