Example sentences of "[vb base] i could get " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 2 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 3 | I expect I could get some nice older woman to do just that . |
| 4 | Oh look I could get a little cake . |
| 5 | I suppose I could get around to it myself in time . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I suppose I could get away , but Daddy — why ? ’ |
| 7 | I suppose I could get two , yes |
| 8 | The thing is , I think I could get your car repaired for you . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I could get up there , ’ he said . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Here , I think I could get a bit for the wallet , it 's pigskin , did you notice ? ’ |
| 13 | I like you , Mrs Jackson , and I think I could get you to like me . |
| 14 | And he 's quite rare because I think I could get away with imposing my ideas on him . |
| 15 | " I do n't , " Curtis Strange told me , " think I could get round St. Andrews in 59 or less — I ca n't visualise such a score . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish , ’ said Marie , ‘ I wish I could get my hands on whoever did it . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I wish I could get hold of Clarissa . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I wish I could get my hands on him , ’ said the thin man viciously . |
| 19 | There 's photographs of some people , I wish I could get them 'em . |
| 20 | Geez I wish I could get more satisfaction out of this place . |
| 21 | Wish I could get mine done for that ! |
| 22 | I wish I could get another one , it , I ca n't get one of them |
| 23 | So try and get that wish I could get through that . |
| 24 | I mean I wish I could get away from school . |
| 25 | They bring me dogs bones for the dogs and they like talking to my parrot I wish I could get rid of the bleeding thing though . |
| 26 | I wish I could get this horrible pest that 's doing my ironing ! |
| 27 | As the managing director of a recently formed company with , to date , only one outlet , I was quite naturally looking for any help I could get , advisory or financially or both . |