Example sentences of "[conj] they get to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ensures that they get to the best conferences and from time to time will organize his own , bringing in the best speakers . |
| 2 | They have all seen the game on TV , they know that if they get to the table they can build big breaks and if you make one mistake they go for your jugular . |
| 3 | If you can hear me you must be within five or six miles of them but if they get to the Motorway first they 'll be able to lose you . |
| 4 | Pupils follow either the ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ road until they get to the next question . |
| 5 | These questions are important ones , because they get to the heart of our concern about higher education . |
| 6 | That new Brian Deane song is getting sung again , but I still do n't know it cos you never realise it 's started till they get to the ‘ fuck Cantona ’ bit . |
| 7 | The pupils who do complain usually retract their allegations long before they get to the state where the teacher might be held to account . |
| 8 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 9 | It 's often easier for children if you make the choice on their behalf , and it saves time if they know the groups they 're going to work in before they get to the hall or drama space . |
| 10 | That type of thing , or they were A types and they learned to modify their behaviour , and survived or the A types are dead before they get to the top . |
| 11 | In this modern Jurassic jungle so many live as singles in bedsitters , never even having a cup of coffee until after they get to the office . |
| 12 | When they get to the hotel have someone to greet them , someone who knows names , and can help with transport , luggage , the pre-registration formalities . |
| 13 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 14 | In the past , in the past these children would be so severely mentally handicapped that they could n't lead a normal life , but if , if your able to control this disease and bring them up intellectually normal so that they 're like everybody else , they 're going to have the same life expectation and hopes and aspirations as the best , that 's the best of us , and what do women do when they get to the |
| 15 | I think it would be much more effective if the one who was meant to be the hardhat and who might be expected to let the other one drown in fact saves the other one even though he thinks his ideas about the Indians and his plan to baptise them when they get to the Orinoco are blasphemous . |
| 16 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 17 | The following diagram should illustrate through a simplified example : Inhabitants of Caloria Inhabitants of Frigorix Good at fishing Grow crops Reliant on fossil fuels Use solar power for all machinery When they get to the new planet , Terra Nova , they find that the fish are abundant , but the soil wo n't support crops ; although the sun shines , there are no fossil fuels — so if the groups are going to survive they will need to share their technology and skills . |
| 18 | Under the new regime , the Ministry of Agriculture only tests animals when they get to the farm , if they 're told about it . |
| 19 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 20 | Always read your press releases through very carefully , possibly get somebody else to read them through , because they will pick up the spelling mistakes , the grammatical mistakes , the punctuation errors , and they will see , when they get to the end , and say , ‘ But you have n't told us when it is . ’ |
| 21 | ( They try ‘ West End Girls ’ but as they get to the line about The Finland Station , Wayne somersaults over the keyboard , does that crap dance that vaudevillians do where they move their hands across their knees , makes a shadow puppet of a seagull in the beam of one of the lasers , does the hitch-hike from Saturday Night Fever , and gobs on Derek Jarman . |