Example sentences of "got [adv prt] to [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that the rules for feature-page articles are different from those for reviews , but I do think that Alan Clark , who was given large space on the Times ’ main feature page , could have got around to mentioning the book from which he had taken the material for his strictures of Churchill before his last two paragraphs : ‘ And yet , so docile and leader-oriented is the Conservative Party [ Whoops ! |
| 2 | Only that when the old mother had unexpectedly died before they had got around to converting the Daye House , they had decided to sell up and go to live in Spain . |
| 3 | Interest had been so great that they had not got around to marketing the idea elsewhere . |
| 4 | He 'd never got around to closing the deadlock . |
| 5 | He 'd never got round to mending the hole . |
| 6 | Somewhat ironically , by August BIT had got round to recommending the Daily Telegraph 's information service as a useful source . |
| 7 | The formal circle of the old regime is represented in Repton 's cedar parlour ( Fig. 7a ) , where the servants have evidently not yet got round to setting the chairs back against the wall . |
| 8 | It came from the paper 's Atticus column , and was a couple of years old — it looked as if Bill had n't yet got round to filing the latest news on Puddephat . |
| 9 | It 'll give it some form of protection which we have n't got round to doing the erm oh |
| 10 | ‘ If only Elaine had got round to registering the birth ! |