Example sentences of "could get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could get black as a sweep just reading newspapers . |
| 2 | I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap . |
| 3 | ‘ I could get used to this bi-annual orgy , Jay dear . |
| 4 | He was determined to be thorough in his preparations , and made sure there were plenty of games before the Tests began so that the players could get used to the conditions . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sure I could get used to it though . |
| 6 | What none of the trio could get used to was Evelyn 's continued refusal to make a move to clarify her situation . |
| 7 | People could get used to life without work . ’ |
| 8 | Again , the control layout would bother me because the volume pot for the bridge pickup is the middle of the three , but I think I could get used to it — although at present it is like trying to get used to driving a new car where they 've put the gearstick in the middle of the passenger seat . |
| 9 | Anyway , with 400 miles of deep blue paradise still to be explored and a tall drink on its way , courtesy of a rather handsome member of the crew , I think I could get used to this . |
| 10 | I wanted him to know that in plenty of time so that he could get used to the pressure . |
| 11 | That was one thing about the City I could get used to . |
| 12 | I could get used to two and a half days at school a week instead of five ! |
| 13 | Me eldest 's got one but I never could get used to it . |
| 14 | I did n't think I could get used to it again , but , it 's surprising how well she 's fitted in |
| 15 | The sisters exchanged glances , then Miss Belle and Miss Florence nodded towards their elder sister and guide , and she , turning to Agnes said , ‘ Mrs Bretton-Fawcett said we could get five pounds of anyone 's money for it . |
| 16 | Try to do it on the cheap , however , and you could get lumbered with a lot of high priced product you simply do n't know how to shift . |
| 17 | Nell would never rest until she could get closer to confirm her worst suspicions , and paradoxically it was the woman in her that provided the intensity of emotion that would let nothing stand in her way . |
| 18 | I mean them both , they wanted they thought that the only way you could get effective sociali socialism was through industrialization |
| 19 | The daily volume of business reached ever new heights during the year over 920 million shares were traded , compared with 576 million in 1927 , as more and more people came to believe they could get rich quickly . |
| 20 | The Basque nationalists are currently expected to win half a dozen of the 350 seats in the lower house of the Cortes ; the two-party Catalan nationalist alliance , Convergence and Union , could get 17 to 19 . |
| 21 | Oh , well these are substantial houses and I would imagine that for the six houses we could get twelve families , twelve families housed immediately , they 'd be substantial houses . |
| 22 | Twenty-five years ago , you could get nine Swiss francs for one pound sterling . |
| 23 | If your IUD is removed between periods , you could get pregnant . |
| 24 | I knew I could get pregnant when I was sleeping with Michael before . |
| 25 | I believe what you believe , that God came down to Mary , who was a virgin , in the form of a dove — or was that to her mother , so that Mary could get pregnant and be an immaculate conception , which had to happen on account of how sex is so polluting , and give birth to Jesus ? |
| 26 | They could get hot water , but only after the fire had been going for a while and the back boiler had heated up . |
| 27 | Among the applications he foresees are remote auditing , where accountants could get instant access to their clients ' accounting systems via an on-line data link . |
| 28 | You could get drunk on the ozone . |
| 29 | You could get drunk on this stuff without whisky . |
| 30 | Huy felt he could get drunk on the smell of Taheb , sinking his lips into the base of her neck where it joined the shoulder . |