Example sentences of "[pron] could get " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the managing director of a recently formed company with , to date , only one outlet , I was quite naturally looking for any help I could get , advisory or financially or both . |
| 2 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 3 | Actually , the best thing would be if I could get back to you . |
| 4 | ‘ I could get used to this bi-annual orgy , Jay dear . |
| 5 | ‘ I could get anyone under the spell , ’ he says , adding that he had hypnotised their maid ( as Breavman had in The Favourite Game ) and feared that he had driven her insane by it ! |
| 6 | Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in . |
| 7 | ‘ I had this thing in my mind that she had to be in a place where I could get to her and she would be well looked after . ’ |
| 8 | If I could get a job doing summat like that I reckon I would n't have to stay at Combe Court . |
| 9 | I remember I had to get some photos so I could get into the swimming pool for nothing . |
| 10 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 11 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 12 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 13 | I was not only able to review social security , I had the opportunity as a politician of implementing the changes — always provided I could get the support of my colleagues , of course , and that was not going to be easy . |
| 14 | I expect I could get some nice older woman to do just that . |
| 15 | ‘ Would it be possible , if I could get a job , to pay for her in a private home , with part of her pension added on ? |
| 16 | ‘ I wish , ’ said Marie , ‘ I wish I could get my hands on whoever did it . ’ |
| 17 | Even now , if I could get my hands on him . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish I could get hold of Clarissa . ’ |
| 19 | How I wish all this was over and I could get back to my humdrum routine . |
| 20 | Every time I could get away I used to drive down to New York , where I 'm originally from , and go to the Paradise Garage . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I could get out more if there was a car . ’ |
| 22 | Like — I know these girls who sleep with their boyfriends to get taken out , and I know that my body could be a kind of power as well , I could get what I want with it . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you think I could get a job in London ? |
| 24 | I could get on with a man like that . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure I could get used to it though . |
| 26 | I ran along the stony path to Sam 's large shed in my socks and hardly felt the discomfort , and found to my relief that I could get inside easily enough — no lock on the door . |
| 27 | His leg seemed to have stopped bleeding , or very nearly , and he could n't have severed an artery or he 'd have bled to death by now , but all the same there had to be a pretty serious wound under the cloth of his trousers and the faster I could get him to a doctor the better . |
| 28 | The thing is , I think I could get your car repaired for you . |
| 29 | The nearest I could get was my first night in a barracks in Shropshire , at the start of National Service . |
| 30 | And I was thinking awful things — like how I could get my revenge … ’ |