Example sentences of "get [adv] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had got only halfway to the door , however , when Naylor , with no let-up on his fury moved towards her . |
| 2 | He did not like the fact that his potential assassins had got so close to the Hotel where he was staying . |
| 3 | He ran steadily , getting ever closer to the village and to the approaching enemy . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're getting awfully close to the reef . ’ |
| 5 | getting too close to the interviewer . |
| 6 | When the lava has reached this cherry red temperature , it 's extremely viscous , like sticky treacle , and if one can get near enough to the flow to push a pole into it , quite a lot of material can be collected , and this can be carried away while still very hot and soft . |
| 7 | This causes the contestant to try and get even closer to the opponent 's face with subsequent jabs , in order to pick up that elusive score . |
| 8 | Do n't get too close to the breaking part of the wave . |
| 9 | He was content just to be a part of the pack , and Ollie was prepared to allow this , providing he did n't get too close to the family . |
| 10 | ‘ Let's hope he does n't get too close to the swamp . ’ |
| 11 | Moss was never to get that close to the title again and his career ended on Easter Monday 1962 , after a high-speed crash at Goodwood . |
| 12 | We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun , and catch fire ! |
| 13 | No kid wants to get too close to the head . |
| 14 | As he got closer still to the house the fly above his head let him to rejoin its fellows . |