Example sentences of "[noun sg] get [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green Realignment 's independent existence got off to an uncertain start when one of the six members of its steering group , Lou Betts , announced that he had decided to rejoin the Green Party . |
| 2 | Clearly everyone was in festive mood despite the recession , and bidding got off to a brisk start : |
| 3 | While Durham Cricket Club got off to a resounding start , Sunderland brought a respectable gap between themselves and Division Three and Middlesbrough remained in contention for an automatic promotion spot , Newcastle moved into the bottom three of Division Two in remarkable circumstances . |
| 4 | SOUTHPORT Railway Centre 's summer programme got off to a good start at Easter with a ‘ Four days of steam ’ event . |
| 5 | We got talking and strolled along the riverside path too engrossed to hear the rumble of thunder getting nearer , or note the wind getting up to a blustery gale . |
| 6 | THE 1993 Historic Scotland Events Programme gets off to a dramatic start on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 May , with a major battle re-enactment by the Sealed Knot at Linlithgow Palace and Peel . |
| 7 | And as pressure mounted for military intervention , NATO agreed to draw up plans to use force to make sure humanitarian aid gets through to the stricken region . |
| 8 | CLEVELAND athletes of the future get off to a flying start today with a new course at Cleveland stadium , Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | I was excitedly interested in her attempt to get back to the original Gautama , instead of the stereotyped figure of the Scriptures and Buddhist tradition , and still more thrilled by her insistence that the Buddha had a gospel , good news to the people of his contemporary India and to later generations . |
| 10 | At least London 's Notting Hill Carnival got off to a trouble-free start . |
| 11 | Yale University 's $1.5 billion capital campaign got off to a spectacular start when philanthropist Paul Mellon donated gifts valued at more than $50 million . |
| 12 | The Committee got off to a brisk start at its first meeting . |
| 13 | Flor gets off to an impressive start ; the terraced dynamics and tempi of the opening section are brooding and solid , with deep , ruminative phrasing from the Concertgebouw basses . |
| 14 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
| 15 | In front of over 22,000 fans Town got off to a great start , taking the lead after 34 minutes , Duncan Sheerer the scorer . |
| 16 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 17 | The evening gets off to a wobbly start , with Liz Robertson 's Maria belting out the title song on an artificial hillside which is anything but alive . |
| 18 | Now this may be a desire to get back to a sexy woman but the tone was all wrong . |
| 19 | The new service got off to an inauspicious start when the unit earmarked for a media preview on Friday had to be substituted due to technical problems . |
| 20 | ALLAN Lamb 's day got off to the worst possible start as flooding in London forced a quick change of travel plans . |
| 21 | Botham 's 57 was top score , so at least his captaincy got off to a bright start . |
| 22 | the water got up to the second step from the top , but , when , instead of turning right into my road if you 'd keep straight on |
| 23 | In short , the event got off to a cracking start . |
| 24 | THE GUINNESS GOLFING Society 's season got off to a good start when 21 members took part in the Spring meeting at Burnham Beeches . |
| 25 | DES Walker 's Italian League career got off to a hair-raising start as Sampdoria drew 3-3 with Lazio . |
| 26 | Despite these preparations , the concert got off to a bad start . |
| 27 | The 1991 world 500 championship got off to a sensational start with the Japanese GP at Suzuka , where Schwantz led Doohan , Rainey and Kocinski across the line . |
| 28 | ‘ He was a young man , and I am sure that his message got through to a great many people . |
| 29 | However , how does that come about , I mean if supposing you were a , a member of a very large group like the Catholic Church getting on to a billion people say , well you ca n't possibly identify with a billion other people you ca n't meet them in one lifetime let alone ties with them , so how does , how does narcissistic libido unify the members of vast groups like the Catholic Church ? |
| 30 | As tread depth gets down to a certain level , the efficiency of the tyre reduces . |