Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , she could n't have got closer to doing what Cara wanted than to drive up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's house at the appointed time and ring his doorbell . |
| 2 | Well , I certainly could n't have got there in time . |
| 3 | Could n't have got much worse could |
| 4 | But they could n't have got far without you , could they ? ’ |
| 5 | Eventually , dope got too expensive and I could n't afford to get high any more . |
| 6 | By the time I was fourteen I could n't wait to get away from that place and my mother took me to the hiring fair in the marketplace in Bishop Auckland . |
| 7 | You grew up in the countryside and you could n't wait to get away from it ! |
| 8 | She could n't wait to get away from everything that was Fernando 's . |
| 9 | could n't wait to get away as soon as he got his bloody present , he was |
| 10 | I was looking forward to starting and I could n't wait to get home and tell Mum about it . |
| 11 | I could n't wait to get home to tell you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You telling me that all those scientists spent their time in America and could n't wait to get home ? ’ |