Example sentences of "he could get [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He was going to take any opportunity he could to get her off his team , so there was little point in her trying to argue her case with him .
2 He wondered if he could get them to pay the mortgage .
3 ‘ Her doctor feels that if he could get her to face up to whatever it was that had such a damaging effect on her as a young child , then she would … well , take a grip on life again , see Harry in a different light , enjoy him , in fact , instead of escaping into illness as a way out of all her responsibilities . ’
4 In the meantime , perhaps he could get her a blouse and skirt from somewhere .
5 Did he mean he could get her a part in a play or something ?
6 ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another .
7 He could get me any time .
8 He decided to take it personally and went straight out with the intention of buying a tree , just to spite her , until he remembered he could get one cheaper nearer the time .
9 It was probably the only way he could get one , she thought waspishly ; the law of averages no doubt decreed that one at least would believe him , and how on earth could he want her when he 'd said all those terrible things to her ?
10 Er he probably thinks he could get one through but he says no , I 've been once .
11 I think at the moment Brenda he would take any job if he could get one .
12 I think he was rather taken aback because my understanding is that he told David that he could get him out of the contract .
13 DeFries said he could get him out of anything .
14 He could get him out of it .
15 ‘ All I can say , Chris , is that he took Harley on because he knew he could get him a good contract . ’
16 Perhaps he could get him between breakfast and school .
17 He went there , he shook hands , he 'd shake hands with a vulture if he thought he could get him up the pedestal , but that 's neither here , something was done .
18 My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date .
19 He could get anybody to do anything for him , he was so sweet .
20 If it was flat on it was the same because he 's got to go right through to the sline before he could get anything you see ?
21 With a slight wiggle of the hips he could get his pants to descend below his buttocks after about twenty steps .
22 Trent turned his body slowly so that he could get his hands on the rope .
23 Before he was twenty ( an age at which most FI drivers today are already well established in the regular line of ascent towards FI ) , Mario was racing several times a week — sometimes five races in a day — in whatever cars he could get his hands on : jalopies , sprints , three-quarter midgets , midgets .
24 But there was so little time left now , for he could get his papers any day …
25 Before mid-summer Baldwin did not believe that the Government could last beyond the autumn , but he was still hoping that he could get his Aix holiday .
26 She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off .
27 Pete had arranged himself in the passenger seat so that he could get his feet up on the dashboard .
28 And the leading man of the railway union went out and bought all the shares he could get his hands on and off the railway company .
29 All he could get his hands on .
30 Dada swore at him as he pulled the bit through his teeth before he could get his head up .
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