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Example sentences of "get to the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ All I want to do is get to the bottom of this , ’ she assured me as we entered her office .
2	In the old days , when land was concentrated in the hands of the few , sensible rights of way were established between cottages tied to the Big House in order that Yeoman A could get to the pump shared with Yeoman B ; Yeoman B , hurrying about his master 's affairs , could cross Yeoman A's garden to get to the shed where the gaffer 's carts were kept .
3	Let us get to the real matter in hand — how to develop our relationship with the ethnic minorities . ’
4	But let me get to the various leaders ' speeches .
5	I was afraid you 'd get to the slope too soon .
6	Even when the new models were being produced they did n't always get to the dealers : a dispute at Toleman , which distributes Fords , caused vast stockpiles .
7	But I did n't get to the point of giving them names , which was just as well , because in the end they both had to go to market .
8	Gibbs did so and Harvey went out to drive , but with his injured leg could not get to the pitch and holed out to Sobers .
9	And if we did n't get to the very top , well , it was near enough , was n't it ?
10	He cadged fivers off various old school friends and workmates to tide him over until he could get to the bank .
11	You 've got to go through the rough before you can get to the smooth .
12	The word ‘ acceptance ’ most emphatically does not mean that someone experiencing loss will get to the stage of saying , ‘ Ah , it 's all over , it does n't really matter any more . ’
13	It is rather that people can get to the stage of remembering some experiences , quite often the good ones , that were shared with the person who has died .
14	I need crutches to get around the house and could not get to the concert , ’ she said .
15	Eventually , I did get to the village , which perches high on a hillside above the Vltava .
16	I was slightly surprised that he should get to the front so early , in his other races he 's usually slow to get going .
17	If she could get to the main hall , she could automatically open the gates from the instrument panel by the front door .
18	‘ I 'll get to the point , Stevens .
19	His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’
20	‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’
21	‘ Do get to the point of what I asked . ’
22	Although some of these issues went beyond the main remit of his Inquiry , he drew the conclusion from this basic finding that only a national government-led initiative to deal with problems of policing , unemployment , poor housing , and racial disadvantage could get to the roots of the unrest .
23	He wanted to hit a 4-iron but I thought that would never get to the hole .
24	Please God , let me get to the office before nine o'clock .
25	I might even get to the office and be measured and out again before the first of the boys arrived .
26	I 'll get to the bottom of it . ’
27	For some reason , Denis took offence at this , and was even more determined to ‘ get to the bottom of it all ’ as he put it .
28	‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office .
29	Old Granny Fordham , who lived in a lonely cottage on the Enderley estate , could n't afford luxuries like butter and eggs , and could n't easily get to the shops in the village , so it would be doing a real service to take Mrs. Grant 's gift to her .
30	But by crossing direct in this way she could more than halve the time to the keeper 's cottage , and this might mean that the keeper could get to the West Wood in time to capture the deer-stealers before they drove away .