Example sentences of "get to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 2 | In fact , I had n't even got to the first stair before the phone went . |
| 3 | I 'm sure Linfield would rather have got to the first round proper by playing football but at least they 've played it by the rules and good luck to them against Copenhagen . |
| 4 | Well I 've got to the first one |
| 5 | By the end of that book , though , they have got to the 13th March , some eight days later than the last events of which we are told in Book III . |
| 6 | by the time I 'd got to the next one |
| 7 | ‘ We were singing There was a Princess Long Ago and had just got to the last verse , ‘ Now everybody 's happy now ’ , when the headmistress came in and said the King had died . |
| 8 | Walk right away until you get to the first window of Moe 's Tavern , collect the spray can and paint the cinema billboard ( stand to the right of the three aliens to do this ) . |
| 9 | Get to the second year and you get £30 . |
| 10 | Lopsided and vulnerable , he tried to climb the barrage and get to the second balloon . |
| 11 | Only when we get to the seventh paragraph of the story do we hear Benn 's statement to the court , which claims that the PC said : ‘ You black bastard , this will teach you to mess about with the police . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 14 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 15 | Pupils follow either the ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ road until they get to the next question . |
| 16 | but erm , we 'll , we 'll spend start the whole questions again when we get to the next one |
| 17 | Get to the next stanchion . |
| 18 | ‘ If you consider that out of the 1,800 listed companies the top 200 account for 85 per cent of the equity market by market capital , and that once you get to the next 100 companies like ourselves they already have comparatively few qualified people in the finance function , the addition of equally qualified internal audit people looks like overkill . ’ |
| 19 | By allowing the experiments you get to the next stage . |
| 20 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 21 | For instance , if I had written six songs , one on each record , that used the Not Of This Earth technique of one bass note , three chords , pitch axis , it would be quite boring at a concert when you get to the fourth one . |
| 22 | By the time they get to the fourth form there are very few black pupils who are not mingling largely with black pupils . |
| 23 | When it gets to the last line the beam shoots back to the top . |
| 24 | It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity . |
| 25 | What makes it even more sweet is the fact that they crapped on about us only getting to the 2nd round last year and how they were going to get to the final . |
| 26 | If getting to the last eight of the Scottish Cup makes it look as if I have taken to management like a duck to water , I would be telling lies if I said the job was easy . |
| 27 | Northampton got to the fifth round for the first time after beating Bristol City ( finalists in 1909 ) and then Darlington , in a replay at home . |
| 28 | On the first day we got to the 17th , the Road Hole of course , which was a par-5 in those days , and he hit a great tee-shot . |
| 29 | My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole . |
| 30 | When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |