Example sentences of "you could [adv] get [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap .
2 You could even get an off-line-reader to cut down the phone bills to hardly anything .
3 Counsel for the appellants had attacked this finding because the patient had been an outpatient at a different hospital in the past and a practitioner there could have fulfilled this function ; and he submitted that in any case it was a duty of the hospital managers to find out if it was practicable to obtain the recommendation of a practitioner who had previous acquaintance with the patient : he relied on the form of the question ‘ explain why you could not get a recommendation from a medical practitioner who did know the patient ’ on the hospital admission application form .
4 You may have driven the ball 50 yards downfield , you may have won six rucks in succession , but , on the seventh attempt , if you could not get the ball away , you lose it .
5 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 .
6 You could n't get a message through to him .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 You could n't get a cup of tea or a cup of coffee anywhere .
10 and , and you know you could n't get a lot of money , although of course nationally , the rates of pay were governed nationally , they were going up and up and up and there was no way that we could keep pace , we could n't keep on increasing the tuppeny fare .
11 You could n't get a job as a Nippy if you had anything more than an eighteen-inch waist . ’
12 And you could n't get an escort girl for that …
13 ‘ What would you do if you could n't get the Land Rover back because of floods ? ’ he asked .
14 We were worried in case you could n't get the band together . ’
15 You could n't get the staff these days .
16 ‘ Talk about gossip around here … you could n't get the news faster with a satellite dish .
17 You could probably get the drummer , bassist and guitarist and their gear all in the back of a Mini , which counts for nothing when you get to the gig and turn it up , of course .
18 Söll is so warm-hearted you could almost get a tan from the welcome .
19 If you stop them , you 'll be fine initially but there 's a fair chance you could actually get a lot worse without them .
20 ‘ I 'm sure you could still get a bit of teaching work , you know .
21 At the University of Loughborough there were several people who went on record as saying that you could always get a laugh out of Henry .
22 Oh you you you paid but you could always get a place there I could remember a lot of parking time when I was n't driving .
23 I would suggest to you that given that and also the wording in the justification under the old Policy E three , that in fact you could hardly get a tissue paper between this policy that is now before you and the previous policy .
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