Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitting me with her little fists , but I could n't get the smile off my face . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , all I know is , I could n't get back to sleep , ’ said Mrs Feather wearily . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I would n't have minded but I could n't get it in the hole after that . |
| 5 | I could n't get CNN in the glorious Econo Lodge , but I wondered what had become of Arnett and Shaw and Holliman . |
| 6 | I could n't get him away from his bench . |
| 7 | I could n't get to sleep . |
| 8 | I fell down , knocked me walking-frame over and I could n't get meself up again . |
| 9 | I could n't get Nutty to wear that flowered frock you gave him , he 's dead ignorant and I wish you 'd send the lads to sort him out again . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I could n't get my tongue around the consonants ; I lisped . |
| 12 | ‘ But I could n't get a travel grant . ’ |
| 13 | ( I could n't get Tony Benn to comment on that one so we 'll have to make do with Radio One 's Janice Long ) . |
| 14 | I had planned to have a word with my Maker before walking on , but I could n't get in . |
| 15 | I tried to say , ‘ I 've come in your caddie 's place ’ , but I could n't get it all out . |
| 16 | But I was so nervous I could n't get it out properly . |
| 17 | I could n't get by without them . |
| 18 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 19 | You see it is only a routine matter and they will not be able to understand why I could n't get you to fill it in . |
| 20 | The problem had been that there had been a mix-up over my return tickets from Oslo and I could n't get back . |
| 21 | After that I could n't get rid of him . |
| 22 | I went and stood in the sitting room doorway , but I could n't get any further — my legs would n't move . |
| 23 | I meant to be at the station , but these people came to look over the house and I could n't get away . ’ |
| 24 | We were on the top flat , so I could n't get out to play ; my Ma was feared I 'd fall down the stone stairs and break my neck . |
| 25 | I could n't get round to saying what I wanted to . |
| 26 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 27 | And there was no way of getting a message out to say I could n't get out , so she would be left hanging about waiting hopefully . |
| 28 | ( Interestingly enough , I could n't get what I considered to be a good cup of coffee when I was in the States , so perhaps it 's a dying art … |
| 29 | The AC30 test was disappointing by comparison , and I 'll own up and say that whatever I did , I could n't get the Power Tool to accurately attenuate the sound of the amp driven flat out . |
| 30 | I could n't get through to them . |