I couldn't get possession of the ball.

我不能拿到控球权。

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We've bought the house, but we can't get possession of it before July.

我们买下了这所房子，但要到七月份才算实际拥有。

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We will apply the full power of the law to get possession of our property again.

我们将运用法律全部权力重新获得我们的财产。

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It allows you to get continuity of possession and to build to score points and the guys did that exceptionally well.

BBC: Tri-Nations: New Zealand 31-17 South Africa

It was only in the final quarter, though, that Glasgow started to get the sort of possession which was needed to threaten the Toulouse defence, but they did not have the cutting edge outside to cause much damage.

BBC: Glasgow Warriors 16-28 Toulouse

But if you starve them of possession, they get frustrated and can lose discipline and end up getting yellow and sometimes red cards.

BBC: Zinzan Brooke column