Example sentences of "[noun] could not get " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Edward could not get at them here without the hazards of the river-crossing , neither could they get at him . |
| 2 | Their readers could not get enough of Diana ; her face was on every magazine cover , every aspect of her life attracted comment and anyone who had ever known her was tracked down to be interviewed by the voracious media . |
| 3 | On the one hand , his invasiveness of Johnson triggers an immediate cringe : on the other , were not Boswell so crass so frequently , his readers could not get so close to Johnson . |
| 4 | The body of 35-year-old Ms Johnstone was discovered by police who forced their way into her pub shortly after 11am yesterday after a cook arriving for work could not get in . |
| 5 | Jane could not get worked up about any car . |
| 6 | A spokesman said : ‘ At a bankers ’ conference in Brussels , the bankers could not get their hotels to cash their sterling travellers cheques . |
| 7 | The children could not get to school and the parents could not get to work . |
| 8 | Maurice was constantly being advised by Woodie and Richard to grease his mooring-ropes , so that the rats could not get across them , but he always forgot to do so . |
| 9 | This point is usually included in the police officer 's statement of evidence , e.g. ‘ The driver could not get a view to the front without first looking through the windscreen ’ . |
| 10 | She was near the east bank of the River , five hundred paces south of the town , lying on a flat white rock where the crocodiles could not get her , though by the time she was discovered by a Medjay patrol at the sixth hour of day when the sun was at its highest , the vultures had eaten her eyes and part of her face , and the flies were so glutted that they could not leave the feast unless they were picked off . |
| 11 | Ceauşescu was happy to meet this condition : for him , as for any true follower of Lenin , a trade union was ‘ a transmission belt of authority ’ ; if the union officials could not get the workers to meet their targets , failed to anticipate strikes , and then did not resolve them at once , what use were they to the regime ? |
| 12 | Besides , the banqueting hall was small and the Collector could not get far . |
| 13 | She still barred the way so the social workers could not get to her younger daughter . |
| 14 | I would argue though that publication of such material when other writers could not get published is an indication of the bounds of the acceptable in public debate . |
| 15 | In fact , it was sometimes so crowded that customers could not get near ! |
| 16 | Shop owners had made numerous complaints that delivery lorries could not get to their premises , he said . |
| 17 | He has used a fast government car to shake off at least one photographer , but there is a more prosaic explanation for Mr Lamont 's perambulations around Blackpool — his civil servants could not get through the security around the Imperial . |
| 18 | Three cardiac arrest patients had to be flown to hospital by the North Wales police helicopter because ambulances could not get through the floods . |
| 19 | The dilemma arose because the doctor coming from outside the area could not get there until 6.30 , and the crematorium mortuary closed at 4.30 and did n't reopen until the following Tuesday . |
| 20 | Hindley decided to lock the doors so that Heathcliff could not get in . |
| 21 | Traffic was halted and people could not get to work , a point emphasised by the authorities in their condemnation of the protests . |
| 22 | Coun Donald Fraser , a district and town councillor for Newton Aycliffe , said disabled people could not get specially adapted buses for day trips or holidays . |
| 23 | A lamb could not get born . |
| 24 | In fact the Welfs could not get their letters through Philip 's lines and Philip was much stronger than Otto militarily and as time wore on attracting more of the princes to his cause . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Life could not get his attention . |
| 27 | Although he supported the formation of a steering group Mr McLaughlin said the Department could not join because the Government could not get involved in planning and running rail services . |
| 28 | Gibbs did so and Harvey went out to drive , but with his injured leg could not get to the pitch and holed out to Sobers . |
| 29 | As I understand it , some hon. Members could not get into the House before the Division was completed . |
| 30 | Blocked roads meant that many motorists could not get home for several hours . |