Example sentences of "he can get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farvver Murphy at the church 'as promised us some paint , an' whitewash fer the ceilin 's , an' one o' the lads knows where 'e can get all the timber we need , no questions asked o' course . |
| 2 | I do a bit of security work myself and Keith 's after whatever he can get , so we 're all up to something . ’ |
| 3 | It was all down to them thinking , oh , Glen 's at art school , perhaps he can get it done for us . |
| 4 | Good luck to him if he can get away with it . ’ |
| 5 | Now he can get stuffed . |
| 6 | He 's been formally trained , but he can get on a sax and he can improvise and he had a respect for the improvisation that we do in rap . ’ |
| 7 | You , if you are well informed , can then point out that there 's a way in which he can get tax relief on his donations . |
| 8 | Victor 's no rapist ; he can get any girl he likes . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had sleepless nights but it 's the biggest day of his life and he needs all the help he can get , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Michael Cohen also plans a major exhibition — 15 or 20 Nanking pieces , silver bars from the Dutch bullion ship Bredenhof , auctioned in 1986 , anything he can get from Vung Tau and , he hopes , a few pieces from the first Hatcher junk , which are the earliest of them all . |
| 11 | He can get away with his accent but he could do a lot to improve his tone . |
| 12 | Sir Formal Trifle is a melancholy , po-faced rhetorician who will never use one short word if he can get his tongue round 50 long ones , while Sir Samuel Hearty hilariously lives up to his name . |
| 13 | In terms of selection theory it makes sense for an incoming male to kill the young , for the females then come into oestrus quickly and he can get his genes into the assembly line at the earliest opportunity . |
| 14 | The 1991 season may turn out to be Jon Solly 's last serious crack at the 10,000m , but he is confident that he can get as far as Tokyo for the World Championships . |
| 15 | All I will say is that I reject as a model of justice the view which has temporarily gained favour in many developed societies : namely , the view that each person is entitled to what he can get , and let the next man look out for himself as best he can . |
| 16 | Not being in loco parentis he can get on with his own job , and expect parents to do theirs . |
| 17 | They may explore with Joseph whether he can get in touch with the other black families . |
| 18 | ‘ See that Bill , ’ Yanto remarked , ‘ he can get to any part of his garden without stepping on dirt once . ’ |
| 19 | This pecking can last for up to two minutes , and often ends in the male being interrupted before he can get to copulation . |
| 20 | There are a small but not insignificant group of people who will be moved by this issue to vote in the General Election even though apathetic about other policies and the Prime Minister needs every vote he can get . |
| 21 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
| 22 | I knew Harry — pompous oaf , actor , so full of himself you wonder he can get any food in , comes to see us when he 's ‘ resting ’ . |
| 23 | In high summer , he can get in three . |
| 24 | Indoors he can get through almost half a show with one guitar — but then I try and get him off that , so that we do n't have the problem of breaking strings . ’ |
| 25 | Now , from what I know of him he can get a good sound out of anything , but the amps he 's been using recently ( until he had them nicked from his car ) were Marshall Valvestate 80s . |
| 26 | If he can get this kid back safe and sound , we owe him . |
| 27 | As a moral imperative , far from being incommensurable with his previous considerations , it merely adds others similar in kind ; he now has to see things from his parents ' viewpoint as well as his own , consider their health and resources , ask himself how much they have done to arouse his gratitude or his rancour , whether his staying would really do them any good , whether he can get on with them without quarrelling , and add all this to the information which he must assimilate before he lets the needle of his internal compass finally settle in the direction of Bali or of home . |
| 28 | Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won . |
| 29 | Many spinners can not deliver a slower ball without it being obvious , yet he can get quality batsmen charging up and down the pitch trying to pick the pace and flight . |
| 30 | Just being back home is the greatest thing , ’ said 32-year-old fan Paul Watts , who is spending most of the days he can get off work this week painting at The Valley . |