Example sentences of "able to get [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rude fellow in the green jacket had an advantage over Lieutenant Stapleton … he seemed able to get closer to Louise without discomfort than he could himself , no doubt because he stank worse than she did . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm hoping to be able to get around to every house in the village with the petition , ’ said Mrs. Gilmour . |
| 3 | It 's based on the equality of opportunity we talk about , that it should , no matter what your background , erm where you come from , as Marianne rightly says , you are able to get right to the top . |
| 4 | Tomorrow we should be able to get over to the mainland . |
| 5 | On leaving , he said that his only regret , was that he had n't been able to get round to everyone and say goodbye . |
| 6 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 7 | After a month , the pain began to ease slightly and Lisa was able to get up to her own room with Janet 's help . |
| 8 | yeah , but that 's gon na take ages , it 's , we 're not gon na be able to get up to Kilburn on time |
| 9 | You do n't always have to shout and scream to prove that you are angry ; indeed , this will often make the other person defensive and you will never be able to get through to them . |
| 10 | Did he feel better or worse that neither the genuine Matthew Prescott nor the spurious Michael Watney was able to get through to Alexandra ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never been able to get through to you , Julius . ’ |
| 12 | However , they will not be able to get through to any polytechnic or college in the country . |
| 13 | His drawings were so clear and he was always able to get directly to the important issues . |
| 14 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 15 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 16 | So I need to be able to get down to actu that 's when you , supposing that comes down by another ten K say , so then we 're talking about fifty K , thereabouts , overspend in the main area , in which case to work out what 's caused that , is that directly attributable to the the inputting of the systems . |
| 17 | He had a busy day ahead of him , and although he did not yet know it , he would not be able to get back to bed until nearly twenty-four hours later . |
| 18 | By that time we should have sorted out this business of the poison pen letter and you 'll be able to get back to a normal life again . ’ |
| 19 | With any luck she might be able to get back to the apartment before he found out what had happened . |
| 20 | ‘ Now we 'll be able to get back to normal and replace the plaque , although we 'll have to make sure it 's bolted down so no one does this sort of thing in the future . |