Example sentences of "could [verb] get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of us could wait to get the round over , we were so cold and miserable . |
| 2 | Samples of both victims ' blood would be taken from the bodies at the post-mortem , but it would be three days at least before he could expect to get the result of the analysis . |
| 3 | We could have gotten the hostages out any damn time we wanted to [ Coleman insists ] , but nobody was willing to rock the boat with a rescue operation . |
| 4 | ‘ I wonder where on earth I could have got the idea that you are a dishonest , lying , cheating young woman ? |
| 5 | We could have got the handwriting analysed , ’ he said sceptically . |
| 6 | We probably could have got the driver out quicker , but the door was impinging on him so we could not use cutting equipment . |
| 7 | With some pros you could have got the sack on the spot . |
| 8 | But if you , if you could have got the stuff over there , it would have been a lot simpler . |
| 9 | Cheek is n't it really , I mean he could have got the train could n't he ? |
| 10 | ‘ Like I say ; I could have got the baby-sitter to help me with him , but she 's just a skelf … not our regular girl . |
| 11 | If her marriage had to be mentioned at all — and she did n't see why it was even necessary , it had absolutely nothing to do with her work as a book illustrator — then at least they could have got the facts straight , and described her as separated . |
| 12 | ‘ You could have got the information for nothing if you had been a little more persuasive , a little more patient . |
| 13 | And they could have got the fish and chips on the way back could n't they ? |
| 14 | Yes , it takes , it could take to get the skin sensitized |
| 15 | After Arthur read that paralysing codswallop , the piece of business became impossible and it was only after Fred rang him up and ribbed him about it that he could manage to get the thing off his head again . |