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 . |