Example sentences of "could only get [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion he could only get 5in so he told one of the shunters , George Dyson , what had happened and asked him to go back along the fish vans and find out if a bag was off . |
| 2 | Once more the driver tried the vacuum and again could only get 5in . |
| 3 | ‘ Twenty years ago when I got married you could only get squares with royal icing and gold stuck all over them . |
| 4 | First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . ) |
| 5 | the time he phoned he could only get Friday of the first week |