Example sentences of "[pron] ca [adv] [verb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 someone ca n't get hold of you .
2 But I ca n't make sense of it . ’
3 I ca n't stop thinking of you !
4 ‘ But I ca n't get hold of the mate in question .
5 and I , I ca n't get hold of that textbook and then , and not knowing psychology before
6 I ca n't get hold of her now .
7 I ca n't keep track of you .
8 ‘ Well , you ca n't accuse Fishbane of being queer these days . ’
9 You ca n't retain control of it at all .
10 You know you ca n't feel , you ca n't grab hold of light in your hand .
11 ‘ There 's all sorts of rumours , but you ca n't take notice of rumours in this place .
12 You can buy disposable cameras ; use 'em once and chuck ‘ em , do n't worry about taking care of them — you ca n't take care of them .
13 This profitability is maintained by a balancing act ; the fundamental chemical industry balance summed up in the fact that if you want to get the utmost out of sodium chloride , you should n't have either sodium or chlorine left over unsold at the end of the day ; not much use increasing the use of one if you ca n't increase use of the other in proportion .
14 Washing-up Liquid : If you ca n't get hold of bleach you can use diluted washing-up liquid instead .
15 And they th , they not only leave the country , they 're up in space , you ca n't get hold of them , in fact , he 's not at work .
16 And you ca n't get hold of any of them .
17 ‘ Considering the Council is planning to close down the Library because you ca n't keep track of things properly . ’
18 Dilemma of parents who ca n't forget tragedy of Hillsborough
19 One ca n't help sort of including the other chap in the general area of fire , ’ Blunt said , ‘ but I do n't see the need to go out of one 's way to commit murder .
20 We ca n't take care of a little girl .
21 We 'll see if we ca n't catch sight of Mullach and Lionan as they head back north .
22 We 're talking here of protection , of they ca n't have waiver of premium because of ill-health , they 're not going to be able to have living assurance , so it , it 's not an option really for them to have one without the other , because it 's an automatic protection that , that really should be the basis of somebody 's package of their health commitment to have it .
23 They 're trying to chuck the kids off they ca n't take care of them .
24 They ca n't get hold of the medical referee .
25 Tell 'em they ca n't get hold of me .
26 ‘ Now that they ca n't get hold of cocaine they 'll just crash out . ’
27 They ca n't get hold of batteries .
28 They do n't fight they only argue but they ca n't fight cause of their ears .
29 One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental .
30 Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours .
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