Example sentences of "[pron] ca [adv] get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | someone ca n't get hold of you . |
| 2 | ‘ But I ca n't get hold of the mate in question . |
| 3 | and I , I ca n't get hold of that textbook and then , and not knowing psychology before |
| 4 | I ca n't get hold of her now . |
| 5 | ‘ I like to think I 've achieved the former , but I ca n't get promotion in five months . ’ |
| 6 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 7 | I ca n't get Catherine and Deborah and Caroline and Amy and Clare and all their luggage |
| 8 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's no good , I ca n't get work . |
| 11 | they ca n't tell the difference I mean there 's nothing In fact if I ca n't get Krona at Presto and I ca n't get it at Co-op , I shall write to Kr to Pre to Krona and say I 'll have a I 'll have a box . |
| 12 | ‘ I masturbate when I ca n't get sex , and I weight train when I ca n't masturbate . ’ |
| 13 | I mean our , the more I think about it I think the main , we might even go to Germany to see my sister , so it might be next year , but I ca n't get Tony to talk at the moment , I do n't know erm , |
| 14 | Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels |
| 15 | Well I ca n't get asthma when he 's looking at me like that . |
| 16 | ‘ Home freeee , you ca n't get meee … ‘ |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Nowadays , struggling on in the name of Islamic socialism , Algeria is a place of austerity , one of the few countries on earth where you ca n't get Coca-Cola . |
| 19 | So you need to have the ability to keep going but you ca n't get stamina till you 've previously got s the , the strength in the muscles to do it . |
| 20 | But you ca n't get bags now except plastic ones it was all jute bags then . |
| 21 | And you ca n't get compensation for that . |
| 22 | Washing-up Liquid : If you ca n't get hold of bleach you can use diluted washing-up liquid instead . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And you ca n't get hold of any of them . |
| 25 | In some high crime areas you ca n't get cover without a lockable garage so you may have to rent one . |
| 26 | You ca n't get chips ? |
| 27 | Well you ca n't get Cadbury 's cream chocolates now so stop harping . |
| 28 | If it 's impossible to placate them or reason with them , if they insist on making your life a misery , if you ca n't get help from friends or a higher authority , then you must turn the tables on them — and fast . |
| 29 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of dental treatment |
| 30 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of wigs and fabric supports |