Example sentences of "could [not/n't] get a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not get a straight answer from the hon. Member for Livingston about this . |
| 2 | He was wearing a grubby trench coat with the collar turned up so I still could not get a good look at him , but there was no mistaking his dimensions . |
| 3 | You could n't get a regular parrot to do all that stuff . |
| 4 | You could n't get a regular job , or he could n't anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's simple , ’ he says , ‘ they could n't get a legal worker to do the things that we would . |
| 6 | We could n't get a straight reply — she 'd only answer in sign language . |
| 7 | It 's just because you 're the poor fish my daughter married ; but then the unfortunate girl could n't get a better catch in her particular sea . ’ |
| 8 | She made up her mind , as she followed Marco into the cab , to see if she could n't get a better deal out of this Hannah Soo . |
| 9 | These puppies are thriving in the warm environment , their owner says you could n't get a better start for young bird dogs . |
| 10 | Davenport asked for a move last month because he could n't get a first team chance . |
| 11 | He just could n't get a decent length to putt to fall , and I felt it was getting to him . |
| 12 | And anyway , you could n't get a decent table up those stairs , they 're too narrow . |
| 13 | Former Detective Superintendent George who was in charge of the Birmingham pub bombings investigation , Detective Constable Terence and Detective Sergeant Colin were told last week of the judge 's view they could n't get a fair trial . |
| 14 | I was split between boxing and football when I was 16 and , at one stage , I wanted to turn professional boxer and thought that , as I was on Norwich 's books and I could n't get a pro boxer 's licence till I was 17 , anyway , I 'd play football for twelve months and then steam into boxing [ he was a double ABA junior finalist ] . |
| 15 | The Daughter 's left wrist was either broken or sprained , and she could n't get a proper grip on her needle . |
| 16 | You could n't get a speaking part ? ’ |
| 17 | internal business shuttles but a lot of them are long haul passengers who could n't get a direct flight to their nearest regional airport and with the nineteen ninety three directive liberalising the E C erm or European Union Airways , more and more passengers from the North and the Midlands are going to take a shuttle to Europe not to Heathrow , they are going to fly from Ringway or East Middlesbrough t to Europe and catch a long haul from Charles De Gaulle or Frankfurt and indeed Amsterdam which you probably know is now advertising itself as Britain 's third airport . |