Example sentences of "to get to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I preface my statement by saying ‘ look at what we 've beaten to get to second ? ’ .
2 Thorfinn had said , ‘ To get to Dunkeld … to get to anywhere that matters , he would still have to sail up the Tay or march north by the Forth crossing .
3 Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back .
4 Lucy Edwards walking backwards up the Eiffel Tower to get to Africa Picture : EMMA WILLIAMS
5 For example , if they move through it to get to Drachenfels ' bedroom ( location 31 ) , if they re-enter from the north they have to make fresh WP tests .
6 He drifted westward to the highland coast and then only slowly north for he was in no hurry to get to Wrath .
7 After a whole series of adventures and a long walk they managed to get to Tozeur , a desert outpost held by the Free French .
8 Councillor Joan Wade , of Stockton Borough Council , said she wanted to reassure senior citizens in the Stockton area that they can still use their passes to get to Langburgh .
9 By establishing pre-designed recovery protection mechanisms as a form of insurance policy , such as arrangements with trusted friends who will give open and honest feedback when asked — and sometimes when not asked — and help the sufferer to get to meetings and do whatever else pay be constructive .
10 To get to Girran you 've got to go into Glasgow and get a train from Glasgow down to Girran you see ?
11 I attach a sketch plan and details of how to get to Scorton .
12 How many metres do I have to walk to get to school ?
13 Well , half fiveish normally , cos because you had to make your own round up , mark the papers and then , say , six o'clock and it lasted possibly three hours , you just in time for you to get to school for probably ten past nine .
14 He studied in every spare moment he could find , not because he wanted to but because , in the absence of parents who would pay , he needed to win a scholarship even to get to school .
15 So you 've got a lot of stuff up in your head , you might , oh you 've got a terrible r memory , you ca n't remember anything , think of it , the thing is you can remember phone numbers and people 's names , how to get to school ,
16 Every day when I get up , I ca n't wait to get to school , just to see you .
17 We have to get to school and there 's the rabbits and things to feed first . ’
18 Where children are well motivated , well supported at home and well funded , they will be easier to teach , especially if the buildings are good , than pupils who struggle to get to school and whose parents are feckless and short of money .
19 You could say , in a letter , that you strongly support the creation of a route for walkers and cyclists from Bloomiehall Park to Muirwood Road , especially for use by children to get to school , and that to overcome the present impasse , it might be a good idea to use a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the land needed .
20 And and er Katie was off the day before with something and just managed to get to school that day .
21 We 've got to get to school .
22 I 'm sorry mummy had to rush us so much this morning it 's just when we 're in a rush we have to get to school on time you see , it 's a bit rotten when you 're only three is n't it ?
23 Already in July 1945 he had written to Hanns ‘ I want sooooooo badly to get to London .
24 He grew up in Rutland ( now Leicestershire ) and after collecting a photography ‘ O ’ level , went on to do a furniture design course , ‘ because I just wanted to get to London ’ .
25 Thus , if one wants to get to London , it is irrational to take a train which one should have known not to be going to London or which one wrongly calculated to be quicker than the bus .
26 A desire to get to London can be irrational only in relation to other desires .
27 He grew up in Rutland ( now Leicestershire ) and after collecting a photography ‘ O ’ level , went on to do a furniture design course , ‘ because I just wanted to get to London ’ .
28 Er , and to get to London , probably the local people would help raise the er would help raise the fare , but having er er having got to London , er you contacted the organization , er you would then took a er weekend ticket , took a weekend ticket to er to Paris .
29 I ca n't go back to bed , because I 've got to get to London .
30 I 've got to get to London . ’
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