Example sentences of "getting there " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is any doubt about getting there in the worst circumstances , it is better to get down short in any open space ahead and risk rolling into the hedge . |
| 2 | Even the lack of a catchy slogan at the decade 's end ( ‘ The age of the train 's ’ replacement ‘ We 're getting there ’ only lasted briefly ) contributes to this lack of social purpose . |
| 3 | At another , we are still getting there , and the man whose bomb explodes at Bologna railway station one summer day in 1980 while I am pulling this page into shape falls straight back inside The Possessed . |
| 4 | Whereas most modern performance cars encourage aggression through their virulence , the Stag suppresses it while getting there just as quickly . |
| 5 | Working-class ministerial colleagues see socialism as ‘ people like them getting to the top , not actually changing the top , just getting there ’ . |
| 6 | Constables know that all radio messages are taped and that the time they take to arrive at calls is recorded , which is often unnecessary , given the competition to beat other stations and colleagues by getting there first , although stories were told to us of instances where people were transferred for failing to respond to a call . |
| 7 | Getting there |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm getting there , ’ Bodo said . |
| 9 | And I 'd rather they did something about the service instead of advertising that they 're getting there when they 're patently not . ’ |
| 10 | The snag is getting there : public transport often links up white suburbs with the city centre , but not with poor black segments in between . |
| 11 | You have to know where you 're going if you are to plan the best way of getting there ! |
| 12 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 13 | We have only seven out of 620 cars — we are getting there very slowly . ’ |
| 14 | GETTING THERE |
| 15 | Getting there , getting in , and expenses , that 's as much as we could manage . |
| 16 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | On getting there I calculated when I would arrive at the next post , where I promised myself lunch . |
| 18 | ‘ We thought you 'd be having a job getting there so we gave you plenty of time . |
| 19 | They were getting there the cheap way and combining adventure with the bonus of having their cars with them at the end . |
| 20 | I could have navigated to In Salah , regardless of the piste , unless I stepped on a cobra or got my throat cut , but it was no use getting there alone . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , er — getting there , sir . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We 're getting there . ’ |
| 23 | No one could be spending this much time , money and energy , and saying , ‘ We 're getting there , ’ like the crew of a fishing boat struggling to reach harbour , if that tumour had grown . |
| 24 | I have said before how much that seemed to fly in the face of my own upbringing , but I am now slowly getting there . |
| 25 | Perhaps we should concentrate on the potential opportunities and rewards involved in the process of getting there , rather than the doubtful pleasures of its lull achievement . |
| 26 | Next , find out the best means of getting there . |
| 27 | British Rail still is n't getting there |
| 28 | British Rail say that it 's getting there , but in which direction , I wonder ? |
| 29 | Getting there |
| 30 | Getting there |