Example sentences of "[to-vb] to know the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a valuable time for the family to get to know the vicar or deacon and talk about the person who has died , but often the discussion will centre on practical arrangements like deciding on hymns , music , and order of service . |
| 2 | She and her colleagues visit as many of them as possible at fortnightly intervals to tell the children stories from picture books , and to get to know the supervisors and staff and the children 's mothers . |
| 3 | However , if you need to work particularly closely with specialist or local media it does make sense to get to know the organisations and their needs , and meetings with editors and journalists to see how you can best help each other are a good idea . |
| 4 | During the last five months he has made a strenuous effort to get to know the area and the residents of this constituency of contrasts . |
| 5 | On top of this , inevitably but it seems rather unfairly , they have to deal with the problem that faces every teacher in a new school : the fact that they do not know its geography , its structure and its rules , both explicit and unwritten , nor do they have a chance to get to know the personalities and quirks of more than a handful of either pupils or teachers . |
| 6 | After all , what better way is there to get to know the countryside and to become aware of the natural world than to go walking in the countryside ? |
| 7 | This would help us to get to know the boats and , after all , what could be simpler ? |