Example sentences of "can [adv] get the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If housewives ca n't get the help , how do megalomaniacs manage ?
2 ‘ I had an aunt who said once , ‘ Derek ’ , ’ he quavered like Flora Robson , ' ’ Derek , dear boy , I thrive on Things on Toast , d' you know , one ca n't get the help these days . ’
3 You just ca n't get the help nowadays .
4 ‘ I ca n't get the floor right . ’
5 She ca n't get the taps .
6 We ca n't pet , I ca n't get the buggy down the steps
7 Sir Allen Sheppard , chairman and chief executive of Grand Metropolitan said : ‘ There is no reason why we ca n't get the UK going . ’
8 Ca n't get the feel .
9 Let's hope she ca n't get the measles .
10 Oh dear , they ca n't get the stuff up the stairs dear !
11 The Great Britain team were represented by Brown/Jackson/Thorogood/Williams who took a clear win , showing that they know what they are talking about but ca n't get the message across !
12 that 's why she ca n't get the screw right down so and I doubt whether the woman in the shop will be able to do it , needs a bloke .
13 I do n't know really , just a minute , let me open it , I ca n't get the top of that one , hang on here are , come on Stacey get on with it can you move up a bit ?
14 ‘ Well , I was hoping to do some digging , ’ said the Prince , ‘ but it 's so hard that I ca n't get the spade in .
15 ‘ But the ground 's so hard that I ca n't get the spade in .
16 No , I just ca n't get the enthusiasm cracking .
17 ‘ I ca n't get the indicator to work . ’
18 ‘ If they ca n't get the NHS right after 13 years they never will , ’ he said .
19 ‘ I ca n't get the draught right , ’ she said .
20 So why ca n't you take the part Is it all a sealed unit that you ca n't get the pump apart ?
21 I ca n't get the door open .
22 Because you ca n't get the course .
23 Been waiting for this , this is supposed to be in the U K and you just ca n't get the part !
24 If you ca n't get the money , you fake the bank note .
25 ‘ Look , Kelly , if you ca n't get the money together I 'll lend it .
26 That maybe the idea , but there are so many things to be done by voluntary workers if people would only say well I 've got half an hour an hour it could be so much of an advantage to whoever they 're giving their services to because we 're having to cut costs on this and costs on that an hour or two given voluntary would cover those jobs that we ca n't get the money to pay for .
27 If it 's under a thousand pounds , you ca n't get the money back through funding , and the policy is void .
28 The trouble is with high interest account you ca n't get the money out very quickly can you ?
29 You ca n't get the money out very quickly .
30 ‘ Who 's that lying on the runway Who 's that lying in the snow It 's Matt Busby and his boys Making such a f***in noise cause they ca n't get the aeroplane to go ’
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