Example sentences of "to get [adv prt] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’ |
| 2 | If only to get on to the practical arrangements . ’ |
| 3 | As AT&T 's Bob Kavner , soon to be USL 's erstwhile chairman , says Novell 's purchase takes the emotions out , leaving people to get on to the real issues . |
| 4 | Even though everyone ended up dirty , wet and muddy they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were eager to get on to the next event . |
| 5 | Liz wanted to get on to the exciting bits , in which Job demanded why light was given to him that was in misery , and life to the bitter in soul : in which Job desired to argue with his God : in which the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind : but she knew it would be cheating to miss out the she-asses and skip to the livelier parts , so she plodded dully on with the dull narrative . |
| 6 | Around 300 yards past the car park and toilet area you pass through a wide kissing gate to get on to the old railway track . |
| 7 | He was sitting in the little hut where you bought your tickets to get on to the Big Wheel . |
| 8 | Once a group of supporters has been generated , it is time to get down to the actual project work . |
| 9 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 10 | And , flushed with success , they treated Sam and his mother to a celebratory ride round the block before leaving the pair to get down to the essential business of a trip to the shops for a new plastic seat . |
| 11 | ( On most types of training glider it will be possible to get down to the pre-stall buffet and continue with either a slight rocking of the wings or a very gentle inner wingdrop . ) |
| 12 | Knowing more about the voice also means realising that raising the voice and screeching on a higher pitch ( inevitable when excited ) is not the way to get through to a rebellious teenager who is deliberately testing your limits . |
| 13 | erm The only way to get through to a diverted phone is to call it through the number it 's diverted to . |
| 14 | Okay , yes , and the only way to get through to a diverted number is to call the number it 's diverted to . |
| 15 | Only two candidates ( Dominique Voynet in the Jura and Christine Barthet in Haut-Rhin ) managed to get through to the second round on March 28 but neither was then elected . |
| 16 | ‘ I am trying to get through to the Islamic Foundation , ’ went on Ali , ‘ to warn them of what is going on here . |
| 17 | It 's much easier to get through to the other side of the world than to the other side of London , and the lines are much clearer too . |
| 18 | In the men 's singles contest , managed to get through to the semi final while in the triples contest , and from Draught Stout joined from Brewing to win through as far as the semi finals . |
| 19 | ‘ Hello , operator , I 'm trying to get through to the Kosher butcher — it 's on the blink and I 've people coming for dinner Friday — Oh , thank you , dear . |
| 20 | If allowed to get through to the biological medium , dirt particles could clog it up , and possibly smother the bacterial colony . |
| 21 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 22 | The first year of the new HCIMA programmes of study was shown to get off to a good start , with over 740 student enrolments . |
| 23 | ‘ We have got to get off to a good start and then maintain momentum , ’ said the 24-year-old Llewellyn . |
| 24 | We need to get off to a good start in the league . |
| 25 | IT 'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING RACE , AND IT LOOKS as if IMPROV FROM LOTUS — WHICH REALLY GRABS WINDOWS BY THE THROAT — IS GOING TO GET OFF TO A FLYING START . |
| 26 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 27 | Over the years Aurigny has honed this to a fine art , and new pilots have to work hard to get up to the requisite standard . |
| 28 | By that time we should have sorted out this business of the poison pen letter and you 'll be able to get back to a normal life again . ’ |
| 29 | He really wanted to get back to a medieval world and he thought Buckingham should be a symbol of that world . |
| 30 | I wo n't be sorry to get back to a little sanity , ’ he added in an undertone . |