Example sentences of "ca [adv] get [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D H S S , because very often , they either ca n't get telephone boxes working , or they 're hanging on so long that they do n't have enough money |
| 2 | They ca n't get sponsorship , because all the patrons think it 's chic to have an Argie on their side . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I masturbate when I ca n't get sex , and I weight train when I ca n't masturbate . ’ |
| 4 | It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first . |
| 5 | In some high crime areas you ca n't get cover without a lockable garage so you may have to rent one . |
| 6 | Have you got some , oh you 've got cornflakes , what about erm , thing is we ca n't get milk . |
| 7 | ‘ I know loads o' blokes who ca n't get work through their war wounds . |
| 8 | He says he wants to work but how is he ever going to find work when normal fit boys ca n't get work round here ? |
| 9 | You say she 's got no friends or contacts here so she ca n't get work , and she ca n't get money — sooner or later , she 's going to surface . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's no good , I ca n't get work . |
| 11 | I mean I 've had people who ca n't get work because they look old , right . |
| 12 | Her father is a casual miner and on the days he ca n't get work her income is all they have . |
| 13 | His age is against him and her ca n't get work in his previous field . |
| 14 | Rose Cottage ca n't get hit , can it ? ’ he said reasonably . |
| 15 | Kersey said : ‘ I 've been checking ; there 's nothing in his diary to say that M was a woman but you ca n't get M out of Kevin Brand . ’ |
| 16 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 17 | They ca n't get hold of the medical referee . |
| 18 | Tell 'em they ca n't get hold of me . |
| 19 | As a postscript , the question may immediately be posed : what if we have n't got all these ingredients and ca n't get hold of them ? |
| 20 | ‘ Now that they ca n't get hold of cocaine they 'll just crash out . ’ |
| 21 | We managed that time , but sometimes they 've wanted things that we just ca n't get hold of . |
| 22 | Washing-up Liquid : If you ca n't get hold of bleach you can use diluted washing-up liquid instead . |
| 23 | He blows himself up so the snake ca n't get hold of him . ’ |
| 24 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |
| 25 | ‘ But I ca n't get hold of the mate in question . |
| 26 | and I , I ca n't get hold of that textbook and then , and not knowing psychology before |
| 27 | Ca n't get hold of them . |
| 28 | I ca n't get hold of her now . |
| 29 | They ca n't get hold of batteries . |
| 30 | And they th , they not only leave the country , they 're up in space , you ca n't get hold of them , in fact , he 's not at work . |