Example sentences of "we could get [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought we could get on with him but I think within a week of moving in there we became entangled in David and Angela 's personal lives . |
| 2 | Mother and I were much happier when we acquired our own machine and we could get on with it together . |
| 3 | ‘ If we could get a decent job , have somewhere settled to live , then we could get on with a proper life . |
| 4 | The only way we could get up to the nest was to borrow a ladder from a neighbouring farmer and climb up . |
| 5 | I reckon we could get by with 3 centre backs and blood a youngster if injuries occurred . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I could cut through some of the stitching and we could get in at the bottom , ’ said Masklin . |
| 7 | Trade unionists increasingly saw underconsumption as the cause of stagnant trade , for , as the manifesto of the woollen textile workers stated on the eve of the 1925 textile lock-out : ‘ There is no greater fallacy today than to think we could get back to prosperity by reducing wages . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If we could get back to business , ’ she began as calmly as she could , ‘ I 'd like the use of an office and a telephone , and a list of phone numbers — suppliers , customers , Press , the business fair organisers … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And now , if we could get back to the point , I believe you were about to explain to me about this proposition of yours ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't relish the drive , but we could get back by train . ’ |
| 11 | Now if we could get down to the sale of this house and the contents … ? |
| 12 | If we could get out of paying for local government , many people would be far happier . |
| 13 | That was all we could get out of Tex . |
| 14 | Terry was really taken at the time with bands like The Cardiacs , but none of the rest of us could get off on that impressive-sounding , orchestral rock band kind of approach . |