Example sentences of "get [adv] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got on to dreams because Vern 's interested in them too . |
| 2 | Erm so Elizabeth got on to Aristocrats so what , what happened ? |
| 3 | Did n't you even got on to frogs and rabbits ? |
| 4 | So the discussion got down to practicalities and planning , a new keenness evident . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect Lubor is busy beavering away back in his office ? ’ she asked as a warm-up question before she got down to basics — and immediately wished that she had n't because at once Ven 's expression darkened , and as he raised an aristocratic eyebrow she knew instantly that all affability was gone . |
| 6 | Denmark 's a prison and he 'd rather live in a nutshell ; some shadow-play about the nature of ambition , which never got down to cases , and finally one direct question which might have led somewhere , and led in fact to his illuminating claim to tell a hawk from a handsaw . |
| 7 | After much discussion Angel got down to details . |
| 8 | Anyway , she 's got through to finals individuals has Ellen . |
| 9 | As children , we all got up to tricks like pinching a few apples or knocking on someone 's door and running away — all rather harmless , but if our parents found out , we would be in for a good hiding , a cut on the backside . |
| 10 | They very swiftly get down to basics , ask pertinent questions , build up a rapport , and do so away from the rest of the party , away from the reporters and press cameras . |
| 11 | it was in Melody Maker last week saying everybody get down to Cliffs |
| 12 | The whole thing 's rank , once you get down to details — ’ he laughed , ‘ but I 'm not selling the story until I 've got a job with another firm . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Have you any notion who might have killed him , Inspector ? ’ said the Bishop , clearly feeling that , if matters were getting down to fundamentals , it was time he played a part . |
| 14 | Getting down to details |
| 15 | So , getting down to specifics , the two species mentioned both make excellent aquarium subjects , the only cause for concern being whether they have been maintained in brackish water or already acclimatised to freshwater if you wish to maintain them in this environment . |
| 16 | ‘ There is a way of saying no , for instance , that gets through to children . |
| 17 | They 've bought some baggage handlers who intercept the stuff before it gets through to customs . ’ |
| 18 | Apart from being one of the most widely read and influential books , it is also more enlightened than most of the published work getting through to teachers , health visitors , therapists and parents too . |
| 19 | The report examined research from the United Kingdom , the United States and Australia , and concluded that cigarette advertising is getting through to children and encouraging them to smoke and to carry on smoking . |
| 20 | Fans want the choice to sit or stand in safety and comfort and the message that all-seat does n't mean all-safe is getting through to politicians and clubs . |
| 21 | I think what it clearly shows is that health education messages are n't getting through to heterosexuals . |
| 22 | I know that the message is getting through to gay men , but I 'm not surprised to hear that it 's not getting through to heterosexuals . |
| 23 | They get close to clients and do their best for them . |
| 24 | A list of only the more common villains and what they get up to reads like a catalogue of horrors enough to intimidate anyone and put them off rose-growing for all time . |
| 25 | gets up to tricks |
| 26 | And word gets back to apostles in Jerusalem . |
| 27 | When CEO 's I observed declared war against organisational defensive routines and demanded that people get back to basics , most often the new ideas were implemented with the old skills . |
| 28 | But getting out to MPs like erm John Prescott the energy spokesperson for the Labour Party and so on . |
| 29 | It was very much a day for getting back to basics and also for sharing knowledge , skills and experience to help each other . |
| 30 | Well we welcome the latter part of your comment , I was going to make a wisecrack about this is our idea of getting back to basics , family values , but I do n't want , I 'm going to stay out of it . |