Example sentences of "could [adv] get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 2 | While the reports that IAK sent for the official files expressed no doubt at all , by Thursday he was complaining that he could hardly get the prisoner to mention politics , let alone discuss them . |
| 3 | Before he wrote the book he could hardly get the job because he had not published a book . |
| 4 | How he was laughing at himself and he could hardly get the words out . |
| 5 | Ruth was giggling so hard she could hardly get the words out . |
| 6 | She did not bother to reply , her gaze withering him , and he went on thoughtfully , ‘ We could always get the Scrabble board out , I suppose . |
| 7 | You could probably get the drummer , bassist and guitarist and their gear all in the back of a Mini , which counts for nothing when you get to the gig and turn it up , of course . |
| 8 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 9 | While he could equally get the information from other sources , he finds that ‘ going there every week , you hear about what 's going on , which is a great help . ’ |
| 10 | She could barely get the words past lips grown strangely dry . |
| 11 | It 's erm , yes , actually the skirt 's not , oh well it 's your drawing , I like the , you 've got the shoulders and the head right , I can never do that , I could never get the portions right |
| 12 | I could never get the hang of them things at all . ’ |
| 13 | He could never get the leverage to force that open , and there was no inside keyhole , of course . |
| 14 | I could never get the bus here . |