Example sentences of "to get [pers pn] to the " in BNC.

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1 I love the passage ( Numbers 14:15-17 ) where Moses craftily dissuades God from killing his own people by suggesting other people will think he did it to cover up his inability to get them to the promised land .
2 We tried to get them to the door but they kept falling about .
3 Even if resources had been plentiful , Russia lacked the roads and railways she needed to get them to the front .
4 Sponsors of each of the ten identical yachts have had to come up with a £220,000 entry fee to get them to the start line in September .
5 David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole .
6 David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole .
7 I also find that this precaution usually provides enough yarn to get me to the end of the row .
8 Every event that you choose for your life , no matter how destructive , chaotic or miserable it may seem , has been allowed to manifest because your Wholeness has an innate knowledge of those things you need to get you to the place where you will choose to sink deeply within , into the stillness of who you are .
9 ‘ I 've to get you to the airport once you 've changed .
10 ‘ If you had this lot in order , it might help to get you to the production stage a bit quicker . ’
11 They operated a system of feeder services ( the spokes ) to get you to the hub .
12 I have tried once or twice to get him to the big hills , or to the Dolomites , but he sees no reason to waste time that could be spent in Norway or Greenland .
13 ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee .
14 He managed to avoid the morning shower by lingering over the cleaning of his shoes , and decided on a strategy to get him to the matron without attracting comment .
15 However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times .
16 But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops .
17 At about 30 yards ' ( 27 m ) range , he began his charge , relying on speed to get him to the target before the pigs knew what was about to hit them .
18 ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’
19 She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village .
20 At first , you may still have accidents as you may not be able to get her to the potty in time , but she 'll gradually learn to hold on longer .
21 The room was rippling with the sounds of their scuffle as they fought in bitter silence , knocking into wooden furniture , she trying to get away , he trying to get her to the bed until they fell against a nightstand and it crashed to the floor .
22 What we will never know is what price Ford will have to pay to get it to the top spot .
23 But the Prince was determined to get it to the finishing line .
24 Now that I had to get it to the by taxi and she had seven stitches put in the leg and , I had to leave her there for six hours , well then it was a taxi back home , I could n't now I am on income support , but that cost me fifty four pound , ninety five and I am paying that .
25 I 'm afraid this letter has been delayed as I have n't had a chance to get it to the Embassy before today .
26 Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there .
27 European Tour , did their best to try to get us to the 1st tee .
28 To get us to the sustainable financial position I have just referred to , we have accelerated the pace of implementing our strategy of focusing our assets , increasing our cost-efficiency and improving our performance .
29 I would like to thank all the members erm , who 've served on that committee and indeed the officers who 've worked for it , because a lot of the background work and a lot of the er , consultation with departments has been necessary to get us to the erm , reasonably satisfactory stage we 're at , considering the ext extremely severe restrictions on government ex , er , on local government spending , er resulting from the cap .
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