Example sentences of "ca n't get [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I ca n't get no higher . |
| 2 | Ca n't get no bloody higher can it ? |
| 3 | Aye , if I do n't get one of them bags she 'll not no , I 'll ca n't get no more . |
| 4 | I 've had two or three of them buggers but I think I 'd better go this time as I ca n't get no more . |
| 5 | yeah , and the tomatoes were n't bright , ca n't get no more of them nectarines , when he says keep 'em for two days cos they were hard , gets after two days |
| 6 | What 's this club coming to when a fellow ca n't get a straightforward answer to a straightforward question . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't get a regular game for Bath 's first team so it never occurred to me that I might be selected , ’ he revealed . |
| 8 | the parliamentarians ca n't get a straight piece of legislation through . |
| 9 | D' you remember the erm , you ca n't get a better bit of butter on your knife , Country Life butter adverts ? |
| 10 | Ca n't get a damn turn up ! |
| 11 | ‘ Enduring ’ means nothing if you 're having a rotten time now , so you guys love Shakespeare and in the meantime I ca n't get a good hot cup of coffee in this country . |
| 12 | And you still ca n't get a good daily woman now to clean , not for love or money . |
| 13 | I ca n't get a good hand . |
| 14 | ‘ No , he 's not coming this way , so I ca n't get a close look , but I 'm sure it 's not him . ’ |
| 15 | When Ojomoh boards that plane on December 31 he steps into a new world , the elite strata of an elite sport — not bad for a lad who never saw a rugby ball until he was 13 , ca n't get a first team game and came close to being escorted to a plane by police . |
| 16 | I would n't mind , but I ca n't get a bloody boyfriend ! |
| 17 | She says and we ca n't get a bloody sweet she says . |
| 18 | Angela ca n't get a full-time job . |
| 19 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 20 | The trouble with anonymous contributions to this page , not that I 'm not grateful for anything I can get , is that the people who send them ca n't get a lovely Community Care mug whereas those like Nicholas Holbrook , ( see below ) who refuse to hide their creative light under a bushel , have a mug winging its way to them at this very moment . |
| 21 | A. If you find a house or flat you could buy but ca n't get a large enough building society or bank mortgage , the local authority may be able to help in the following ways : |
| 22 | We ca n't get a large plane in there of course , but it 's useful having our own field sometimes . ’ |
| 23 | he said I know I ca n't get a rubber boat and an oar at the back of this bloody three wheeler , that 's why he 's having a moped |
| 24 | And you ca n't get a big powerful sound out of a bass that 's fitted with 30–95 gauge strings , because it 's actually more of a tenor guitar . |
| 25 | ‘ After all , if a priest ca n't get a helping hand in Ireland , where would he get one ? ’ |
| 26 | There 's him that says that and you ca n't get a fucking wor word in edgeways when he starts yattering . |
| 27 | I still ca n't get a clear definition on the true meaning of it all . |
| 28 | People with head injuries who ca n't get the long-term treatment they need have been promised a better deal . |
| 29 | He ca n't get the better of me . |
| 30 | You ca n't get the two . |