Example sentences of "[pers pn] could get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I feel that I could get to the point where I 'd let her get on the bus [ transport to day care ] in the morning and then ring them up later and say ‘ Do n't bring her back because I wo n't let her in ’ … |
| 2 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 3 | I think that is the nearest I could get to the orange . |
| 4 | I left again , before I could get to the chow I had ordered . |
| 5 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 6 | As for the little animals , the gerbils , white mice and hamsters , they had to die their muddy little ploppy deaths so that I could get to the Skull of Old Saul . |
| 7 | No , built that and I know the guy so I could get to the plans . |
| 8 | He had a spare ticket for the Leeds end which I said I would take if I could get past the ‘ security ’ outside the Leeds end . |
| 9 | I remember I had to get some photos so I could get into the swimming pool for nothing . |
| 10 | He added , ‘ But I would chuck it immediately if I could get into the army . ’ |
| 11 | He gave me a pretty cane basket to put it in and I went upstairs , opened the trunk and loaded all the balls I could get into the basket . |
| 12 | Just as I was trying to find a hole in the hedge , so that I could get into the next field , I saw another giant coming towards me . |
| 13 | I knew he 'd be inside his ground-floor flat with the door locked before I could get into the hall , no matter how fast I was . |
| 14 | It would be fun if I could get into the , that rocket too , thought Scott . |
| 15 | I worked my way back through the hop field until I could get over the fence and into the wood . |
| 16 | It would be a help if I could get about the countryside when he was working . |
| 17 | I had problems at first , but I have had more help from your magazine than I could get from the instruction book especially with the Fair Isle necklines . |
| 18 | And since she had no idea where to go yet , even if she could get off the island , the only course possible was to take things a step at a time and try not to rail against a spiteful fate . |
| 19 | And a chain there and we used to tie her to this chain so that she could get into the box and out again , and then we used to put the cubs there first in the straw and then we used to put her there do you see . |
| 20 | If she could get to the main hall , she could automatically open the gates from the instrument panel by the front door . |
| 21 | she must 've been holding it in because she did n't wan na wipe her bum with her hand and then you know it just burst out before she could get to the toilet . |
| 22 | She needed to know that you loved her ; so you told her all about the new drugs she could get from the Arcturans , or the huge advances in radiation treatment since rho mesons had been discovered . |
| 23 | She obeyed and he watched with still , dark eyes until she was as far as she could get from the trembling animal . |
| 24 | There was no way she could get round the Captain now despite her talent for sewing . |
| 25 | Erm er it was current well you just sort of sw swam round in it and you could get to the side easily . |
| 26 | He did n't know you had to change $60 into cordobas at the official rate before you could get into the country . |
| 27 | You could get outside the protected area of the hold . |
| 28 | Well , you could get on the case of the Rocktron Utopia system , the first of which ( in the UK , anyway ) was gracing the Washburn stand at the British Music Fair and shortly afterwards took up temporary residence in the Guitarist studio . |
| 29 | It was as green a light as you could get for the never-ending demands for U-turns from Mr Gould , followed by several Shadow Cabinet colleagues . |
| 30 | Yeah , on the appointment you could get from the solicitor was |