Example sentences of "get [adv prt] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The travellers threw missiles , and abandoned some of their vehicles on the road when they could n't get in to the three-day event . |
| 2 | I do n't believe in wasting time , so if Fran is free for lunch I shall take her out and we can get down to the first lesson . ’ |
| 3 | Maybe now they 've proved they 've got ‘ the skills to pay the bills ’ they can get down to the serious shit they 're obviously capable of . |
| 4 | Why could n't they get down to the important stuff right away ? |
| 5 | we never dreamed that we would get through to the next round , to be held in London . |
| 6 | Is my hon. Friend worried — as I am — that the Bill will perhaps not get through to the next stage given the fact that this morning the Northern Region Councils Association — a Labour-dominated body — wrote to every Member of Parliament in the northern region asking them to be present for this important debate ? |
| 7 | Here you can safely get back to the lower path to meander round coves of sparkling sandy beaches . |
| 8 | Now let's get back to the real world . ’ |
| 9 | She knew it was the thing she must n't do , must n't let herself be persuaded into , that it was death , the end , that there was no going back , you could never get back to the same position . |
| 10 | Well , can we get back to the basic thing about classlessness . |
| 11 | Let us get back to the main argument . |
| 12 | But let us get back to the sixteenth century . |
| 13 | Let us get back to the chilly bedroom ! |
| 14 | Because it does mean then that that traffic er on the western side of Harrogate can get out to the western relief road as there 's no need then to go on the urban roads in Harrogate . |