Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] could get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOU TOLD ME YOU COULD GET IT FROM TOILET SEATS . |
| 2 | But it was the only one we could get hold of . |
| 3 | Erm it was quite useful er , they you could get things done , now |
| 4 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 5 | Well there were the jobs tha that I mentioned really , production manager or assistant director and now he would have been quite happy I know to have done those , because I remember talking about it you know er and he would have been very good at either of them , but erm er he he did n't get well he was a slightly abrasive man , he he he his erm I I think in a way erm he was a director who could who was not really a very good film director , he he could get things done very quickly and that 's why he worked for bash , bash , bash getting through everything quickly . |
| 6 | His enthusiasm was to visit Ireland and he had read whatever he could get hold of by Irish writers , but especially by Flann O'Brien . |
| 7 | When the pain came I twisted away from it and clutched at anything I could get hold of , and swore . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're very sorry and we 'd do anything we could to get Nigel back and the situation restored . ’ |