Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not get hold of me and stifle me ; for it would employ only my hands and a certain section of my knowledge ; the rest of me would be free : after office hours my escape would be absolute ; and then the holidays would enable me , according to my powers and my wishes , to live another life as different as that of Jekyll from that of Hyde . |
| 2 | Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number . |
| 3 | Dr. Marten shoes were most frequently seen on younger kids who could n't get hold of suedehead shoes . |
| 4 | The sort of secretary you could n't get hold of at Harris , Harris and Overdene . |
| 5 | I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more . |
| 6 | But a wallet would contain all sorts of personal items which she could n't get hold of . |
| 7 | Because I could n't er i mean Chris was one minute he was on the phone , the next minute you could n't get hold of him . |
| 8 | Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage . |
| 9 | could n't get hold of that actually . |
| 10 | He went all over the place looking , but he could n't get hold of it I mean it was obviously it was something that he made himself but it was beautiful ! |
| 11 | I could n't get hold of him yesterday ! |
| 12 | Great run again by Mickey , did ever so well , came inside , knocked a good ball into , unfortunately he just could n't get hold of it and the goalkeeper came out and collected it . |