Example sentences of "they could [not/n't] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could n't get her out . |
| 2 | Perhaps it 's that bloke who locked the gates in Gibraltar so they could n't get into Spain . |
| 3 | Yet now we 're told indie bands should n't be allowed to make dance records ( because they do n't understand it ) , that at the start these bands wee quite rightly isolated by house ( ’ Here was the nation 's party in full swing and they could n't get in ’ ) . |
| 4 | The Russians courteously declined , saying they could n't get mixed up in an issue that did n't concern them . |
| 5 | ‘ They could n't get through the undergrowth before . ’ |
| 6 | They could n't get back to the bank without treading on shifting , clutching , cloying marsh , which could trap them and draw them right down ; and if they stayed in the car , sooner or later they would go under with it . |
| 7 | They could n't get to the top ; there were too many cars . |
| 8 | ‘ Some of our customers are OAPs without cars , and with a pretty unreliable bus service they could n't get to Alton easily , ’ Mrs. Read said . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's simple , ’ he says , ‘ they could n't get a legal worker to do the things that we would . |
| 10 | Probably they could n't get a baby sitter . |
| 11 | I found my drink was a great problem with them because ( ) at that time I drank whisky and lemonade + and I would ( ) go and ask for whisky and lemonade and I would get ( ) whisky and lemon + because you have to ask for whisky ( ) or scotch and seven up + you know + I eventually ( ) cottoned on to it + but + and they could n't get over ( ) the fact that I did n't like ice in whisky and of course ( ) they either gave me ice whether I wanted it or not or ( ) they stacked the glass up + right up to the level that ( ) you would normally have if you had ice in your drink ( ) anyway + and consequently I got ploughed + frequently + ( ) and that 's that I + I tended to stick to my drink ++ ( ) |
| 12 | They could n't get me to come in until every marshal 's flag on the circuit was flapping . |
| 13 | ‘ They could n't get all the shrapnel out . ’ |
| 14 | They could n't get my bracelet off . |
| 15 | They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me . |
| 16 | They could n't get in and find the dead woman until they got another key or broke the door down . |
| 17 | They could n't get work and my poor old Dad went miles round these outside villages , on a a old lady 's push-bike , trying to find work . |
| 18 | And er I was er one that was sorted out to go , but they would n't let me go because er I could n't get b they could n't get me back to work for seven o'clock on Monday morning . |
| 19 | Or if they were told that they could n't get so and so , that was it . |
| 20 | A they could n't er they could n't get er th they could n't provide accommodation for all the hundreds that they were , you see . |
| 21 | They could n't get married . |
| 22 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
| 23 | Famlio or whoever could fling out all the comm-calls they wanted , along the Netlines , but they could n't get a fix on our position until or unless we responded . |
| 24 | And er really er they themselves thought exactly the same like , but they were talking about other people telling them you know that they could n't get this far but they did . |
| 25 | Er and although they 'd got , they could n't get the towns although they had . |
| 26 | If they could n't get on , they put in somewhere and waited until they could , their boats designed to take the ground almost anywhere . |
| 27 | told that I was trying to get an appointment at the asthma clinic but they could n't get one for fortn another full week . |
| 28 | their throats were completely erm , full of worms , and they could n't get any more worms into those throats , so they knew these chicks were totally full , as full could be . |
| 29 | And doing afterwards I did t er See the war came and they could n't get people . |
| 30 | For the stations , railway stations because they could n't get any coal do you see . |