Example sentences of "[verb] get [adv] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Scotland , sales at Thins got off to a good start in December , became tougher , then ended with a gallop . |
| 2 | THE Weightman Rutherfords Liverpool Competition has got off to a tremendous start with 54 wins coming from the first 72 fixtures . |
| 3 | PETER Scudamore 's neighbour Nigel Twiston-Davies has got off to a tremendous start this season with 24 wins in the bag already . |
| 4 | The second half has got off to a good start , with slightly higher orders for October . |
| 5 | TV Quick , the German interloper in the British TV listings market , has got off to a flying start . |
| 6 | Oxford University 's Matthew Syed has got off to a flying start in the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Italy , winning both his opening matches . |
| 7 | The Grand National meeting at Aintree has got off to a tragic start with two horses dying in the first race . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The first year of the new HCIMA programmes of study was shown to get off to a good start , with over 740 student enrolments . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We have got to get off to a good start and then maintain momentum , ’ said the 24-year-old Llewellyn . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | Nenna thought of Tilda , who would certainly have got on to a late night bus and ridden without paying the fare , or even have borrowed money from the conductor . |
| 14 | The Welsh star was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 15 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 16 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend , Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 17 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 18 | In general , DATEC courses seem to have got off to a reasonable start in the art colleges . |
| 19 | The School appears to have got off to a flourishing start . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , the company 's entry into the largely unchartered bagged sector with Strollers seems to have got off to a fair start . |
| 21 | In some areas , most notably the liturgical and the ecumenical , Rome did get off to a good start in providing directives of a sort that would carry confidence at least temporarily ; even here , however , there was the inherent problem that a body of directives implied the establishment of a stable state ( e.g. in ecumenical relations ) , while the reality was in fact necessarily more fluid . |
| 22 | You 've got off to a good start , Deirdra , so keep writing — and reading ! |
| 23 | They 've got off to a good start with a pair of eighteen carat gold and turquoise earrings donated by the Elizabeth Gage company of London . |
| 24 | She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised . |
| 25 | In a meeting late on Tuesday , the couple agreed the tour had got off to a bad start , upsetting the Koreans . |
| 26 | Their decision came during a meeting late on Tuesday when the couple realised the tour had got off to a bad start . |
| 27 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
| 28 | However , I 'm very much looking forward to being a member of N C V O as well as being a consumer of its excellent services , and while I 've got the the platform , I 'd like to take this opportunity to wish Judy every success as Director of N C V O. I think she 's got off to a marvellous start , and I 'm sure that N C V O's gon na flourish under her leadership . |
| 29 | A small number of cooperatives and self-managed enterprises have got off to a good start . |
| 30 | WITTON Gilbert WMC members have got off to a good start with their appeal to provide two guide dogs for the blind . |