Example sentences of "get [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm we 'd better get on to a few other things . |
| 2 | I want to leave by about ten tomorrow so I 'll get on to a garage first thing in the morning and hope they can fix my car straight away . ’ |
| 3 | Erm for another reasons , which we shall get on to a bit later , there may be a great deal of confusion , er memories may not be clear or well formed , um people , according to some theories and ideas , people may be under-reporting because um y'know it helps them maintain their eq equilibrium a bit better . |
| 4 | Another trick that I have learnt is for increasing the likelihood that I will actually get down to a job which is becoming urgent but which I do n't want to do . |
| 5 | I wonder if we will get down to a workforce of zero if that is as competitive as we can get . ’ |
| 6 | I still found the argument extraordinary , but I also had to take into account the fact that if Nigel retained this stance then the committee meeting would have to be postponed and the whole exercise would get off to a terrible start . |
| 7 | In some areas , most notably the liturgical and the ecumenical , Rome did get off to a good start in providing directives of a sort that would carry confidence at least temporarily ; even here , however , there was the inherent problem that a body of directives implied the establishment of a stable state ( e.g. in ecumenical relations ) , while the reality was in fact necessarily more fluid . |
| 8 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 9 | Such MPs would , it is true , know that territory better than any incoming outsider , and being known there would presumably get off to a flying start in the pursuit of popularity . |
| 10 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 11 | THE launch of Middlesbrough yesterday as the country 's second environment city did n't exactly get off to a flying start . |
| 12 | do n't get close to a fire — you ca n't feel the heat and it can easily burn you . |
| 13 | Nobody would ever get close to a man like Felipe de Santis and she refused to acknowledge that she wanted to get close . |
| 14 | Even given that these are projected figures , it would take a massive error to even get close to a break-even , never mind a situation whereby track costs were not covered . |
| 15 | ‘ We must get back to a rigid pattern , with players in the right holes . |