How could a man with his record obtain such a license?

A man could only obtain more than the daily ration if he had a friend.

Over sixty men were working the field by December and obtaining fine gold.

In the traditional society, only men could obtain a divorce.

How else could the man in front of me obtain his clothes?

The two men put in $35,000 each and obtained a bank loan for the rest of the $150,000 investment.

Prior to their arrest, the two men had already obtained some guns.

The Government launched an inquiry to find out what went wrong with prison security and how the two men obtained a gun.

But on average, the survey found, these men obtained work on only six days a month.

Oh, I need some strong men to obtain food for me.