Example sentences of "to get [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many firms of estate agents are also surveyors , and it 's important to them to get on to building society panels to enjoy a good flow of valuation work . |
| 2 | Here are all my colleagues rushing upstairs with great enthusiasm , diving into the committee room , anxious to get on to curb the ever growing number of rules and regulations and whilst they 're upstairs merrily getting on with it , here we are downstairs passing more things which we say we do n't want to do . |
| 3 | I got virtually equal marks across arts and sciences for O levels , so making a choice at A level was difficult , but I felt a bit swayed by the fact that people said it 's best to do science subjects as far as jobs and university places go ; it 's difficult to get on to arts courses , but it 's easier to get on to science courses … that 's really why I chose science , ultimately . |
| 4 | It is too easy then for children to put off the evil day when they have to get down to work . |
| 5 | 1 am keen now to get down to work . |
| 6 | Finding it difficult to get down to middleweight , I decided to fight as a light-heavy in the University trials . |
| 7 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 8 | ‘ Want to get down to business ? ’ |
| 9 | Müller said , ‘ I do have to catch my plane , Madame Levison , so if you do n't mind , I 'd like to get down to business . |
| 10 | When he failed to get in to Merchant Taylors , Iain was sent off to boarding school in Bishop 's Stortford . |
| 11 | Can I just clarify , what , what you 're saying is that in a sense there is this overall aim of getting through to socialism but the means of getting there have now changed so that we 've gone from absolute egalitarianism , which is , is an immediate step tow towards socialism you 've gone away from that and the position is now to create a rich peasant economy in order to industrialize , in order to get through to collectivization , I E into socialism . |
| 12 | She longed to stay where she was , listening to Penry talk in the resonant voice with the attractive trace of Welsh lilt , but she got up promptly , conscious that he probably wanted to get off to bed himself . |
| 13 | This is impossible to do by staying within the lines , although it is easy to get close to success . |
| 14 | Walking offers wonderful opportunities to get close to wildlife . |
| 15 | And I would gain considerable advantage from speeding ; I am tired and I want to get home to bed . |
| 16 | There was a need for vigilance of the type in which Collins specialises , since the Germans had restarted the match apparently intent on finishing it as a contest in time for the largely youthful audience at Ibrox to get home to bed at a respectable hour . |
| 17 | It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample . |
| 18 | Julia resolved to double-check everything she typed today and stay late , if need be , to get up to date . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's our chance to get up to tomfoolery ! ’ |
| 20 | about the Olympic champion , he 'll be in Rome , he 'll be ready for the World Championships , I think he 's had an easy summer so far , but we 've got the likes of Sergio Lopez who 's just taken my European record away , there 's two Americans ; Kirl Stattel and Mike Barryman who 've just gone under the old World Record , so there 's perhaps a dozen of us that are really shouting and trying to get up to number one position . |
| 21 | Adverse weather conditions , however , caused it to withdraw into shelter and while it was away the French fleet , consisting of eight sail of the line and 24 frigates under Admiral de Forbin , managed , on 8 March , to get out to sea unintercepted . |
| 22 | Before the British fleet was back in position Admiral Conflans was able , on 14 November , to get out to sea with 21 ships of the line and five smaller warships . |
| 23 | With the onset of the government 's new community care policies , many women will find themselves playing the traditional role of carers without payment and will consequently find it more difficult to get out to work . |
| 24 | And I thought that sewing machine is really going to get out to work . |
| 25 | To get back to base retrace your steps out of Coire Lagan , but head around the north side of Loch an Fhir-bhallaich . |
| 26 | ‘ Captain Meredith 's nigger it 'll be , and I 'll thankee to get back to th'work , Sally Dade , — said Salt . |
| 27 | On the conscious level I was at first glad to get back to school for the summer term . |
| 28 | This child wants to get back to school , she wants to be in the Christmas play . ’ |
| 29 | That to get back to part of your original question , the company existed on folders the the estate agent folders , for fifteen years . |
| 30 | It was a relief to get back to Casualty , and another to recollect Old Red 's coming holiday . |