Example sentences of "get there " in BNC.

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1 But you can get there .
2 At yet another , we will never get there since a stream of tendency has been caught and held in new-visioned ( as opposed to far-sighted ) iconic stasis , and there can be no movement on out of the world we live in into the book we read .
3 The S.S. Alabama : ‘ I 'll get there ! ' ’ ( dream ) . ’
4 ‘ We do n't get there often enough .
5 How did she get there ?
6 It suggests to the black who gets the job , and the white colleagues he meets , that he did not get there on merit , but because of the colour of his skin .
7 I well remember the words of an old foreman who said to me , Son , even if you have the talent and ability to take you to the top , there is still no guarantee that you will ever get there , or even half way .
8 But as sure as God made little apples , you certainly wo n't get there if you do n't make the effort . ’
9 ‘ How do I get there ? ’
10 We 'll get there in the end . ’
11 Land , refuel , and take off before anyone could get there .
12 So I said , ‘ Well how does it get there ? ’
13 How did they get there ?
14 Or at least tell him how to get there , or give him the money to get in when he did get there , or at least lend him a map with a cross marked on it , or give him an address .
15 It will , of course , be located somewhere so obscure that Dougie Donnelly will be required to voice-over a map on a television commercial explaining how you can get there with the family this Sunday .
16 You 'll get there in the end . ’
17 Of course , it would not get there without help .
18 We would get there .
19 One of their friends was a medium , and once a month those of their group who could get there would assemble at her flat in south London for a seance .
20 I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released .
21 I do not care about information being able to reach my home VDU so fast that the Encyclopaedia Britannica can get there in five seconds .
22 Most consternation was reserved for the prospect that the Japanese will probably get there first .
23 She could n't quite get there on her own , not with having to lie so still and make no noise .
24 Oh , I 'll get there some time , I expect .
25 But whoever it was could not get there in time .
26 It may take me a little longer but … ’ he smiled , and his confidence made her dislike him more than ever , ‘ I promise you I shall get there in the end . ’
27 ‘ Or we 'll not get there before the rain comes . ’
28 A visit before the interview can also act as a dummy run to help you get there in good time on the day itself .
29 How did he get there ?
30 Ken Neil won the competition on ‘ how many ways to use an egg ’ and , after a few games of bingo , the 50 members enjoyed browsing around the Thrift Shop which had been opened specially because many can not get there on a Wednesday morning .
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