Example sentences of "[vb mod] get [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 P.C. Clifford would have welcomed the tea , but said that he must get back to the scene of the tragedy .
2 But we must get back to the Vicar , who is awaiting his final epitaph in some anxiety .
3 She must get back to the sea to feed .
4 He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject .
5 I must get back to the shop now .
6 She must get back to The Tamarisks .
7 ‘ Yes , we must get back to the office .
8 ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said .
9 I must get back to the hospital … ’
10 I really must get back to the house . ’
11 Certainly we must get back to the mooring in time for you to start work . ’
12 ‘ There 's nothing I 'd like better than to stay here and make love to you all day , but I think after breakfast we should get back to the palazzo . ’
13 After one alarmed glance at her apoplectic face , Mr Loveitt said smoothly : ‘ I think we should get back to the facts .
14 ‘ I 'll get on to the emergency services immediately .
15 You bring him back tomorrow or I 'll get on to the police . ’
16 I 'm sorry I ca n't serve you now but I 'll get back to the bar as soon as I can .
17 Well the agent , that be either or any agent who , who the ship belonged to , see they 'd , they 'd get through , no doubt they 'd get through to the merchants and er they 'd find out who the agent is and once they knew the agents well it was plain sailing was n't it ?
18 And as soon as they 'd finished questioning the Tomorrowman 's barman about the beer mat heist , they 'd get around to the rest .
19 ‘ If I were you I 'd get down to the racecourse pronto . ’
20 There would be a lot of damage and a few people would get hurt , but the lads would be away by the time the police could get round to the place .
21 Anyway , Reverend William Lee , his son and his brother , went over to France to see if Henry , King Henry of France could help him er but before he could get through to the court there King Henry died and then William Lee died without seeing his machine come to any sort of commercial fruition .
22 The only way we could get up to the nest was to borrow a ladder from a neighbouring farmer and climb up .
23 There was no other way in which he could get up to the roof .
24 Perhaps if she hurried she could get back to the complex in time for Miguelito 's spot .
25 ‘ And now , if we could get back to the point , I believe you were about to explain to me about this proposition of yours ? ’
26 For the rest of the weekend there was a downpour , and by Monday , when it finally abated and I could get back to the den , the mink had gone .
27 There , as there was no performance on a Monday , I could get back to the melin on Sunday morning and not have to leave before Tuesday afternoon .
28 Now if we could get down to the sale of this house and the contents … ?
29 And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back .
30 If he was n't careful they would get on to the subject of the motorway .
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