Example sentences of "[vb base] to get [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't take a substantial break and expect to get back to your best form as easily as when you were , say , 20 . ’ |
| 2 | If you want to get through to the operator , or directory enquiries , is it necessary to go through the operator ? |
| 3 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
| 4 | Those are the two other issues that I want to get on to in the last part of the programme . |
| 5 | And I would gain considerable advantage from speeding ; I am tired and I want to get home to bed . |
| 6 | I want to get home to the party tea , it 's ten to four . |
| 7 | I said anyway I want I want to get home to June in the morning I said cos me and June are going shopping . |
| 8 | It is this message that members of the newly-formed west Suffolk Zipper Club want to get across to people who face the agonising prospect of such a serious operation . |
| 9 | I want to get close to his five Majors but it 's so darn hard . |
| 10 | ‘ Want to get down to business ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We are interested in serious-minded people who want to get down to the ins and outs of driving a steam locomotive — filth , heat , sweat and all . ’ |
| 12 | I love rap but in the future I want to get back to the funk . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to get back to normal again . ’ |
| 14 | Stich said later : ‘ I want to get back to the world top 10 — that 's my goal . ’ |
| 15 | I want to get back to good performances . |
| 16 | They are saying they want to get back to the point where their hard work brought frequent , real , deep satisfaction . |
| 17 | ‘ Thanks anyway but I want to get back to the hotel and soak my shoulder in a hot bath . |
| 18 | Unless there are any snags , I want to get back to the workshop . |
| 19 | I want to get back to the farm . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to get back to the office . ’ |
| 21 | But if you want to get back to your roots , and fancy giving it a try , Gaye 's running a workshop on Robinswood Hill in Gloucester this Sunday . |
| 22 | SCARBOROUGH hope to get down to the problem of tackling their much-maligned McCain Stadium pitch with the appointment of new ground consultants . |
| 23 | He gave his departmental heads time to get back to their offices before he rang for Hilary Robarts and asked her to come back . |
| 24 | They seem to get up to all sorts of things nowadays . |
| 25 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 26 | It 's incredible , I always seem to get off to these sort of starts . |
| 27 | like to get straight to the point |
| 28 | ‘ I like to get down to the sea and talk to the waves , ’ one housewife said to another , on the bus . |
| 29 | I like to get down to London now and again — I 've got friends down here . |
| 30 | ‘ Is it not the time when all those who have an interest in our industry should sit down and discuss our future together and try to get back to the situation where the industry controls and governs itself instead of allowing it to be manipulated by those who purchase our product ? ’ he asked about 200 delegates . |