Example sentences of "but [pron] could [not/n't] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this moment two people grabbed me to try to make me get up but I could not get up , so they kicked me and stamped all over me from head to toe . |
| 2 | I remember paramedics getting her out of the car , but I could not get out of my seat because my legs were trapped under the dashboard . |
| 3 | Bruce Calvert-Toulmin , one of dozens of Britons at a campsite in Aubignan , said : ‘ I saw people trying to cling to trees 20 yards away but I could not get to them . |
| 4 | Hitting me with her little fists , but I could n't get the smile off my face . |
| 5 | Everyone else had gone to Japan and I was still in New York trying desperately to get a visa for Russia but I could n't get one , so I convince Tony deFries that if I went to Japan and went to the Russian Embassy in Tokyo , they 'd be so confused by an American applying for a visa in Tokyo 's Embassy that i could fake it and get one , and he said I was welcome to try . |
| 6 | I would n't have minded but I could n't get it in the hole after that . |
| 7 | And I knew it was wrong , but I could n't get out of this tradition because of the difficulty of realizing the inner content of the music . |
| 8 | ‘ But I could n't get a travel grant . ’ |
| 9 | I had planned to have a word with my Maker before walking on , but I could n't get in . |
| 10 | I tried to say , ‘ I 've come in your caddie 's place ’ , but I could n't get it all out . |
| 11 | I went and stood in the sitting room doorway , but I could n't get any further — my legs would n't move . |
| 12 | I had a mobile phone but I could n't get any international calls . ’ |
| 13 | I wanted to talk to you , but I could n't get through to you somehow … |
| 14 | But I could n't get it out of my mind . ’ |
| 15 | I tried to tell Philippa to hurry but I could n't get my words together . |
| 16 | But I could n't get my camera to work — I hardly ever used the thing — so I went to Derek 's house one day to ask his advice on how to operate it . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , Dad , ’ answered his daughter , ‘ but I could n't get all the soap off ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've already tried playing the piano , miss , ’ said Caroline , ‘ but I could n't get it under my chin ! ’ |
| 19 | I know I know everybody will be disappointed but I could n't get cardboard ones , stick it all in . |
| 20 | ‘ At the end of the day , my husband is my best friend , but I could n't get through the day without talking to another woman — men do n't seem to need to air their hopes and fears like we do . |
| 21 | er but I could n't get it to work . |
| 22 | I have to have something to put on my legs — I have very dry skin — but I could n't get that either . |
| 23 | But I could n't get her to the doctor , she would n't go . |
| 24 | I 've been ringing all morning but I could n't get any answer . ’ |
| 25 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry to be here like this but I could n't get through to anyone . |
| 27 | But I could n't get the support to set up the business . ’ |
| 28 | But I could n't get a phone number for that one . |
| 29 | But I could n't get to grips with it . |
| 30 | And I but I could n't get up at them , the the storekeeper was fairly strict with us youngsters and he used to chase us . |