Example sentences of "[pron] could get [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap .
2 I could get used to this bi-annual orgy , Jay dear .
3 ‘ I 'm sure I could get used to it though .
4 Again , the control layout would bother me because the volume pot for the bridge pickup is the middle of the three , but I think I could get used to it — although at present it is like trying to get used to driving a new car where they 've put the gearstick in the middle of the passenger seat .
5 Anyway , with 400 miles of deep blue paradise still to be explored and a tall drink on its way , courtesy of a rather handsome member of the crew , I think I could get used to this .
6 That was one thing about the City I could get used to .
7 I could get used to two and a half days at school a week instead of five !
8 I did n't think I could get used to it again , but , it 's surprising how well she 's fitted in
9 I knew I could get pregnant when I was sleeping with Michael before .
10 I could get tired of even roulette if I always played it in the same place . ’
11 It 's about er ten years ago nearly that I er stopped being a teacher and when I was a teacher er up having to do assemblies er it was always something that I did with great reluctance and er was er pleased if I could get other people to do it er it seems rather odd then er that I 've actually said yes coming to do er an assembly here today and it 's perhaps a sign of mental instability on my part .
12 Look , I 'm feeling better , I could get great again , I 'm sorry if I wrecked the evening .
13 I could get fresh fish from the quay if I hurried .
14 Writing for TODAY , Paul said : ‘ I could get angry and bitter and say Why me ?
15 But then if she could get set nights .
16 She could get other boarders , he would never , with his reputation , be taken in by any other landlady in Florence no matter what was paid .
17 Scarlet should either stop drinking now or drink a lot more : she was never actually troublesome when she was intoxicated , but she could get argumentative and tedious .
18 Anyone who could get excited by an annuity scheme must belong to a different species from his own .
19 Dustin took one sip and told Claude that he was the only man he knew who could get fresh oranges out of a can .
20 What we 're trying to say gents is that a situation like this , the best driver in the world really y you you could get involved in something .
21 And if you live in the area , you could get involved with a new branch that 's just opened in that region .
22 He needs a holiday — you both do — and I saw this as a way to ensure that you could get regular time off in the future . ’
23 I mean them both , they wanted they thought that the only way you could get effective sociali socialism was through industrialization
24 ‘ That means going a little way into the mountains and I do n't see how you could get lost on a mountain road .
25 Presumably , you could get new ones ?
26 The point of the Right and Wrong Club was to see if you could get guttered six nights a week and not a lot has changed .
27 Try to do it on the cheap , however , and you could get lumbered with a lot of high priced product you simply do n't know how to shift .
28 You could get drunk on the ozone .
29 You could get drunk on this stuff without whisky .
30 If your IUD is removed between periods , you could get pregnant .
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