Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I could get a job in London ? |
| 2 | Do you think this is a good idea and do you think I could get a reduction on my Road Tax Fund Licence as 50 per cent of my journeys are made on two wheels ? |
| 3 | Then he set Mick off into another spasm of laughter when he asked , ‘ Do you think I could get a job alongside you in the factory ? ’ |
| 4 | Adam , celebrating his second victory over Johnson this week , gasped : ‘ I did n't think I could get this far . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you honestly think I could get away with it ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't think I could get it past the governors . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't think I could get used to it again , but , it 's surprising how well she 's fitted in |
| 8 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 9 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 10 | I expect I could get some nice older woman to do just that . |
| 11 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't know you could get it insured . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't know you could get KGB men from room service , ’ I said . |
| 14 | I did n't know you could get it in pellets . |
| 15 | I did n't know you could get stuff recorded like that , is it like specially adaptable , or is that normal walkman ? |
| 16 | She found she could get the attention and praise she wanted only by achieving , being good and caring for that pretty little monster she so resented . |
| 17 | She was relieved to find she could get in . |
| 18 | In the mid-seventies , porn magazine publishers , notably the arriviste David Sullivan , found they could get away with far more explicit pictures of women than before . |
| 19 | Between waking and full consciousness I see clearly that I should never have so casually left the inn once I had got there , taking it for granted I could get back quite simply . |
| 20 | If only Italy believed you could get ahead without it , simply by doing things well . |
| 21 | Work out the maximum benefit you could get . |
| 22 | If your income is more than your ‘ applicable amount ’ the maximum benefit you could get is reduced by 15% ( 15p in every £1 ) of the difference between the applicable amount and the income . |
| 23 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 24 | Only in Rome did both parties feel they could get a final judgment that would be respected . |
| 25 | It will hold stock and spares and says it could get first machines as early as September from its US parent . |
| 26 | But then Mr. Lennis was brought in , he kept saying that all our ways were old-fashioned , and when he wanted something done he could get round Mr. Andrew by going straight to Mr. Ingard . |
| 27 | I did n't think you could get grants for your hobby ; I thought they were for businesses and things like that . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't think you could get it a second time . |
| 29 | Do you think you could get me a packet next time you 're passing ? ’ |
| 30 | Even more awkward when she said , " Do you think you could get me a small glass of whisky ? " |