Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [not/n't] get [det] " in BNC.

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1 And and then er I took it to the station as well , but I could n't get many other voices , they were a bit garbled but it works really well !
2 I have to have something to put on my legs — I have very dry skin — but I could n't get that either .
3 Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you .
4 No , I could n't get that off her .
5 ‘ Yes , Dad , ’ answered his daughter , ‘ but I could n't get all the soap off ! ’
6 I could n't get all of them .
7 I had a mobile phone but I could n't get any international calls . ’
8 I 've been ringing all morning but I could n't get any answer . ’
9 I could n't get any help with breastfeeding , which Stephen refused to try .
10 I could n't get any of the erm
11 I could n't get any rhythm going whatsoever . ’
12 That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg
13 and I could n't get any .
14 I could n't get any .
15 I have n't got any , they wo , I could n't get any fresh parsley so I thought that might just give it a bit of colour , but I 've got dried parsley if you 'd rather use that .
16 I could n't get er I could n't get any .
17 I could n't get any clear commitment er from er you Mr Mayor , or the leader of the council as to what would do with that three point two million pounds .
18 My heart was beating in my throat making it hard to swallow , my nose was running , my hands were cold and I could n't get enough oxygen , which made me yawn every few seconds .
19 I could n't get enough of him . ’
20 I could n't get enough of it , the clothes were fly — Adidas and bump laces and all kinds of stuff — the dance moves …
21 I looked at her face , at the shape of the jaw and curve of the forehead ; I looked at the mouth of the mother of the girl whose mouth I could n't get enough of kissing .
22 I could n't get another job .
23 I could n't get this weeks '
24 No erm , I could n't get this
25 Sorry I could n't get some basic staples up at the house for your arrival .
26 I could not get that figure of five hundred out of my mind .
27 and querying all the change , getting dirty looks , and I could not get that point out of the brain .
28 ‘ Basically I could not get enough .
29 But when she reached out a hesitant hand , the heat from the liquid was so intense that she could not get any nearer to it .
30 Terri took some money but she could n't get any change so
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