Example sentences of "he could get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , surely someone like him could get hold of condoms if that 's what he wanted . ’ |
| 2 | For a period , he worked in the Manchester factory from 3am until 5pm , going to bed at 7pm so he could get up in time for the next day 's duty . |
| 3 | Even if he was , I ca n't see he could get that flush driving loads of irons and heaters up to Leeds and Scotland a couple of times a week . |
| 4 | She told me how much food to give him every day , and to be sure to leave the window open a bit so he could get into the garden and do his business . |
| 5 | Mr Gorbachev told the Americans that the Soviet people would judge his perestroika by how quickly he could get food and consumer goods into the shops . |
| 6 | I think he was rather taken aback because my understanding is that he told David that he could get him out of the contract . |
| 7 | DeFries said he could get him out of anything . |
| 8 | He could get involved with children and be affectionate and spend time with them . |
| 9 | The first time he ever asked me if I knew where he could get ‘ coke ’ . |
| 10 | He said he 'd just come back from Amsterdam and he had tried some and said it was great and did I know where he could get some . |
| 11 | The fact that he could get such good results by orthodox bowling also left one wondering why he occasionally indulged in a bouncer war , for it obviously did his reputation no good and was not as a rule very productive . |
| 12 | Philip jumped up to see if he could get a look in through the window . |
| 13 | All the time he was eating he was thinking how he could get out again . |
| 14 | He 'd thought of a way , how he could get out without his Mum and Dad knowing . |
| 15 | He could get more literary respect that way . |
| 16 | He cadged fivers off various old school friends and workmates to tide him over until he could get to the bank . |
| 17 | He knew he could get away safely because he had a reading back in London that evening , and it could n't lead to further meetings because he was going away soon . |
| 18 | It was rather nice being ill — he could get away with not clearing up his dishes . |
| 19 | He knew he could get away with asking her to do this — she had a bit of a weakness for him . |
| 20 | With a slight wiggle of the hips he could get his pants to descend below his buttocks after about twenty steps . |
| 21 | Perhaps he could get off the hook by saying he would go in the morning ? |
| 22 | His enthusiasm was to visit Ireland and he had read whatever he could get hold of by Irish writers , but especially by Flann O'Brien . |
| 23 | He made a deal in 1948 with the communist authorities that , if he could get passports for himself and his entire family to leave the country , he would make over his lands to the state . |
| 24 | The ‘ labour movement ’ did not like it when the working man felt he could get on unaided . |
| 25 | Trent turned his body slowly so that he could get his hands on the rope . |
| 26 | And with a short night 's sleep behind him and a miserable hour ahead of him before he could get away to the hospital , the day would be spoiled before it started . |
| 27 | If he could get a job , it might be easier to initiate some change . |
| 28 | Ryan 's father was in the music business and he could get all the hot albums before they were released . |
| 29 | David Beaton poulticed it every time he could get the old man to stay at peace long enough , but as soon as it started to heal Eachuinn would be up and about , restless , until the deep puncture festered and broke out again . |
| 30 | He could get a couple of hamburgers and a glass of beer at the airport , then catch the evening flight to Brussels . |