Example sentences of "could n't get [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 2 | They could n't get to the top ; there were too many cars . |
| 3 | He still could n't get to the bottom of it . |
| 4 | I could n't get to the first part again and yeah that 's right |
| 5 | And he volunteered to give a lift to anyone who could n't get to the annual general meeting in March . |
| 6 | Before , I could n't get down the High Street for bricks and houses , but they 're not there now . |
| 7 | It all came to a head the day a fire engine could n't get down the High Street for parked cars . |
| 8 | We shift them down to the so they could n't get onto the cultivated land . |
| 9 | Whatever he might do , he could n't get past the postmistress at Cong , who acts as operator , and runs the whole village . |
| 10 | Parts One and Two but could n't get past the first page . |
| 11 | But the problem was n't even helped there because you see he could n't get up the stairs easily , because the wardrobe was in the way . |
| 12 | so they could n't get along the roads and I think the cof the probably the funeral was put off as long as they could put it off . |
| 13 | ‘ They could n't get through the undergrowth before . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ At the end of the day , my husband is my best friend , but I could n't get through the day without talking to another woman — men do n't seem to need to air their hopes and fears like we do . |
| 15 | But within a month , she could n't get through the day without tranquillizers ; she felt less anxious , calmer . |
| 16 | I had to go round the other night , Saturday night , and you could n't get through the door . |
| 17 | Busy , you could n't get through the streets for charabancs and charabancs in them days . |
| 18 | the kitchen was piled up , I , I , Dinda took my suitcase upstairs , I 'd seen to the dog , he was very , very good in the car as you know er , I took my suitcase , I could n't get through the bedroom door , the bed clothes on the floor where it 's , where we 've had a sudden hot spell , he had n't folded them up |
| 19 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 20 | I could n't get over the fact that it was so good . |
| 21 | But my Edna could n't get over the fact that sh she 'd gone through all that |
| 22 | Which footballer was sold for £4½ million but could n't get into the first team for 16 months ? |
| 23 | Security was so tight Stan and Ollie could n't get into the Tory conference . |
| 24 | After all , if he could n't get into the England team while the ban was in force , what chance has he got once a world-class player like Gatting becomes available again ? |
| 25 | He wondered what he would do if he could n't get into the house … well , he supposed he could go back to Joseph 's place , spend the night there and then hurry home at first light , when the servants would be up . |
| 26 | ‘ His pass was confiscated the next day and that meant he could n't get into the base to work and lost his job . |
| 27 | The shoot was supposed to be a secret , but word got out and Hitman regulars travelled down to Manchester Two thousand could n't get into the club , and tension mounted between trendy regulars ( locked out of their own club ) and the Hitman 's handbag brigade ( shut out of their programme ) . |
| 28 | but anyhow it , well they , they were there and he bought the pub did n't he and they were moving on the Saturday and he came on the Saturday morning and he cried take the furniture to pieces , some of the furniture , the wardrobes and there was a dining room table that they could n't get into the pub , could I dismantle them and re-assemble them again and that was the first time I 'd ever met him were n't I ? |
| 29 | was very cross that he could n't get into the room . |
| 30 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |