Example sentences of "could not get [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apologies to readers who could not get through to our hotline on Friday morning . |
| 2 | The day after we tried to telephone from the post office but could not get through to Alassio . |
| 3 | He could not get on with the believing Jews from Eastern Europe whose religion and traditions he neither shared nor understood . |
| 4 | She was worried by the way he roamed about touching everything , and during a long chat to Mrs Allinson expressed her concern that he could not get on with anything , and could not write or read . |
| 5 | All of these activities meant that he could not get on with his new play , of which the first two scenes were already drafted and which he had planned , tentatively , to finish in time for the Edinburgh Festival of 1952 . |
| 6 | There were some people , some schools , who said ‘ yes , it 's absolutely vital , we just could not get on without it at all ’ and there were others who were questioning whether that was money spent the best way for special needs . |
| 7 | A lot of couples involved with our singles ministry have taken the challenge of ‘ hands-off ’ courting and have since thanked us for it , even though at the time they wondered if they could not get by with something a bit less conservative . |
| 8 | I was never happy all the time , but i could get no character and could not get out of the life . |
| 9 | I remember paramedics getting her out of the car , but I could not get out of my seat because my legs were trapped under the dashboard . |
| 10 | Constance could not get out of her mind the careless way Gioella had completely taken over Ludovico , excluding her as if she mattered not at all . |
| 11 | It was then he found he could not get out of the finance deal . |
| 12 | I was caught in a current and no matter how much and how hard I swam I just could not get out of it . |
| 13 | Now I though he would have hysterics ; he could not get down on the ground quick enough to carry this action out . |
| 14 | I could n't get round to saying what I wanted to . |
| 15 | For example , an elder may say or write ‘ I was upset when my wife died , and could n't get on with doing for myself . |
| 16 | The teacher used to come in and take him and he got fed up of it 'cause he could n't get on with his other work . |
| 17 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 18 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 19 | And then after a couple of weeks he still could n't get on with his computer , so he came back . |
| 20 | We had , we tried a union here years ago , we could n't get on with it . |
| 21 | I think it was simply because she was a little girl and he could n't get on with her . |
| 22 | Edwina faced being moved out because she could n't get on with Eddie , the tawny owl at The Grange veterinary surgery , Darlington . |
| 23 | I could n't get through to them . |
| 24 | Say you could n't get through to your mother . |
| 25 | I wanted to talk to you , but I could n't get through to you somehow … |
| 26 | The pollution did n't kill the ripple , and could n't get through to you in a skin-tight SCE unit . |
| 27 | I could n't get through to Tshwete so I then called in the Australian Ambassador in Pretoria , Colin McDonald , to personally contact Tshwete and get a firm decision . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't get through to you . |
| 29 | I 'm sorry to be here like this but I could n't get through to anyone . |
| 30 | ‘ No doubt word has gone round by now that I could n't get through to him or to Mona on the telephone . |