Example sentences of "[art] [noun] get round " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually it was he who told her mother when she was about eight months pregnant : " We 'd been planning it for ages to tell them but we had n't had the nerve to get round to it . |
| 2 | On 17 July 1559 , the answer was a scolding letter from her husband the king of France to lord James , marvelling that he , who ‘ has the honour to be so near the Queen 's Grace , my wife … should be so forgetful as to make yourself the head … of the tumults and seditions ’ ; only six days later did the queen get round to sending a similarly plaintive message herself . |
| 3 | Plenty of housing if those stupid farts at the council got round to repairing it and stopped their tenants tearing apart what they have got . |
| 4 | HOUSEBUILDER Sir Lawrie Barratt lowered interest rates long before the Chancellor got round to it . |
| 5 | In the process of heading up , place your front foot by the mastfoot in anticipation of the rush to get round to the new tack . |
| 6 | Somehow the word got round that I was mad about maritime art . |
| 7 | The message got round and it got round Haddon Hall like wildfire that I wanted David Bowie to be a cabaret star . |
| 8 | Her friends pushed the boat off down the river and ran across the fields to get round to the bridge . |
| 9 | Then the men got round to the subject of politics . |
| 10 | Late on the Saturday evening , in the glow which follows a good dinner and good wines , four of us , all old acquaintances , were sitting at a table in the lounge talking — inevitably — about birds , and the conversation got round to places we would like to visit . |
| 11 | Wycliffe changed the subject and the conversation got round to Ralph and his prospects . |
| 12 | Kate Dyson owns The Dining Room Shop in south London and before the family get round to decorating their own home they create inspirational and exciting festive table settings in the shop . |
| 13 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 14 | then you 've got more room to get round If you sit glued to the pavement it 's a hell of a job to get round |
| 15 | Well , I give a vote that erm , because certainly not everybody 's aware that er , this er Service director is merely a way to get round to payments that different people have opt out of the social chapter . |
| 16 | When the glider is desperately low the pilot 's handling often goes to pieces , and he may over-rudder in an effort to get round a final turn without touching a wing-tip or turning any steeper . |