Example sentences of "we could n't get [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I wanted Keith and we could n't get him for anything less . ’
2 We could n't get him and he had about this much off .
3 ‘ The main problem was that she was obsessed with the idea of telephoning — in fact , she 's still got the token in her hand , we could n't get her to part with it . ’
4 ‘ Earth needed results and we could n't get them .
5 Well we had er the business was quite good er we had er we could do , of course at the end of the war , we could have done with an awful lot more cars , but we could n't get them .
6 But we could n't get it back agen 'cause one of the wheels 'as come off . ’
7 ‘ There was also this electric in the studio fan that was making a horrible squeaking noise , we could n't get it to stop , so we sampled it . ’
8 The tip was barbed and we could n't get it out .
9 But we could n't get it because the no gas .
10 We could n't get it forward properly , we could n't pass to each other and they had I think they still only had one chance second half and managed to squeeze it in to get a point .
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