Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only concession I could not get was leave to see him alone , but it 's plain I should have got nowhere with him even so . |
| 2 | So I thought well in case I ca n't get them anywhere else the market and he said well we 'll have one from here , twelve ninety nine . |
| 3 | ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved . |
| 4 | Read them out Mum I ca n't get them easily . |
| 5 | With a bit of luck I 'll actually get to see my first competitive Leeds match next Wednesday v the Arse at Highbury . |
| 6 | ‘ The other options are to fight in Europe or against another British fighter like Henry Wharton — but if Benn goes that way he would be offered money I would n't get out of bed for . ’ |
| 7 | I looked at her face , at the shape of the jaw and curve of the forehead ; I looked at the mouth of the mother of the girl whose mouth I could n't get enough of kissing . |
| 8 | But when I get to the other side I ca n't get onto the platform cos of this other gate . |
| 9 | No wonder I could n't get a bleeding ace . |
| 10 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 11 | As for equipment I could hardly get him a free set of clubs , let alone any fees . |
| 12 | Touch wood I would n't get as fat as Mrs . |
| 13 | Would you hold on a moment I 'll just get Margaret to the phone cos she really deals with the bookings hold on a second ! |
| 14 | At the moment I can never get voted out of it you know . |
| 15 | It 's an absolutely brilliant place I 'll probably get to Cambridge or Oxford or somewhere nice . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a family joke I can not get dressed if she has forgotten to put out my underpants , ’ he said . |
| 17 | At night I would often get up and go for long walks in the school grounds , especially when the moon was full and I felt particularly restless , enjoying the silence and solitude of the woods . |
| 18 | Like last night I could n't get to sleep . |
| 19 | And I knew I know this bloke eh , when he was a sergeant I think , anyway he was an officer , and eh , said we go to Sheppeards , I said you silly devil I ca n't get into Sheppeards Hotel I 'm a signal man I had to laugh he said , shame , he said cor , you 're about my size , get stuck into one of my uniforms we had a couple of weekends at Sheppeards Hotel , we had a great time . |
| 20 | Wait a minute I 'll just get this done then I 'll make you another . |
| 21 | he says just wait a minute I 'll just get everything ready so just come in when your ready so they walks in |
| 22 | parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything |
| 23 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 24 | However I applied and then sought the advice and prayers of Christian friends and we prayed that if it was n't from the Lord I would n't get accepted . |
| 25 | There was even the same poker game going on in the back room , a game I could n't get in on but which I could glimpse every time the same barmaid took refills through . |
| 26 | As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married . |
| 27 | And since it was the end of the belt I could n't get i go by anybody with me , I had to move it . |
| 28 | If for some reason I ca n't get here |
| 29 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 30 | ‘ You 've talked about several islands , ’ I said , ‘ but there 's one thing I ca n't get straight . ’ |