Example sentences of "could n't get a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I could n't get a phone number for that one .
2 and his wife , it was her second marriage , her first one had been to the doctor and he had actually examined paedophilia backed off , basically said well she did n't , she could n't get a conviction but it was quite clear that he had the motive and he 'd had the opportunity because Connie died from the fire which Harvey Jones had set cos he found out
3 I just could n't get a word out then , I was just a quivering , stuttering heap , and I tried to say , ‘ I 've g-g-g-g-got a sp-sp-sp-speech impediment . ’
4 They walked on either side of me and talked to each other , jabbering utter nonsense as though it was all so important , and I , with more brains than the two of them put together and information of the most vital nature , could n't get a word out .
5 Half an hour later : Z : " I could n't get a word in edgeways " , muttered as he managed finally to get away .
6 You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because
7 The problem was that clubs would let you play only if you had a club handicap , but you could n't get a handicap without playing .
8 Tossing and turning , I could n't get a wink . ’
9 Determined to be utterly independent of Bart , he slowly worked his way up , starting as a groom and finally getting his own yard , buying ponies cheap off the race track , or from other players who could n't get a tune out of them , making them , and selling them on , which he detested because he got so fond of them .
10 ‘ You could n't get a message through to him .
11 We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back .
12 They were because he could n't get a pair of ordinary shoes to fit over his infected and frost-bitten feet from four months described as ‘ the nastiest of my life . ’
13 and I can whereas I could n't get a glove on now I can now .
14 ‘ I could n't get a cab .
15 We could get a limousine at the Beverley Hills hotel but you could n't get a taxi , so everyone learned how to call down from the front desk and order whatever they needed out of necessity .
16 On the first two touches , it shifted , and she could n't get a grip on it , but on the third attempt , she clasped it between her toes .
17 She remembered the difficulties they 'd had repairing Starlings after the war , when you could n't get a brick or a plank of wood , not even if you was royalty ; and she remembered comforting Nell as each granddaughter left home .
18 She took the Geiger-Muller counter from the holdall but could n't get a reading from around the seal of the door .
19 After doing three partial water changes with mature tap water ( pH 7.2 ) I still could n't get a reading of over 6 in the Discus tank .
20 ‘ But I could n't get a travel grant . ’
21 I tried calling you in Budapest on Friday and Saturday but could n't get a reply .
22 Now are aware that are losing the agency stuff therefore services should improve generally but this is mostly and the business travel , you know duty travel , cruise positioning that sort of thing , to the extent that erm and two of the ops people paid a visit to last week for a liaison meeting and one thing that I thought was absolutely remarkable that came out was in respect of complaining that they could never get through to anybody in erm in , they could n't get a reply from the extensions and they could n't send messages or anything .
23 Sunday night was usually jam session night at the Mimosa Club for assorted trad jazzmen who were n't in regular bands or who could n't get a gig in one of the big suburban pubs .
24 I am sorry that Gale Stanley lost her life because she could n't get a donor and I know how her mum and dad must feel .
25 ‘ He could n't get a flight back because of all the journalists wanting to get down here , or so he claims .
26 That 's why we could n't get a mortgage , or so he said .
27 So you ca n't have a full mortgage but they could n't get a mortgage on it because it had a flat roof .
28 You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it .
29 You could n't get a job as a Nippy if you had anything more than an eighteen-inch waist . ’
30 Then I could n't get a job .
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