Example sentences of "be to get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My first duty will be to Nottingham and our aim will be to get back to the top . |
| 2 | We need to sort out the EC 's finances if we are to get on with the community 's enlargement . |
| 3 | ‘ My priority had always been to get back into the Irish side , and I was never prepared to look any further than that . |
| 4 | Beginners often hold the misconception that the best way to hunt gold is to get up into the remotest area they can find , and prospect virgin ground . |
| 5 | Temptation is to get on to the phone immediately |
| 6 | one of the priorities is to get on with the price increases and get them done , right , you know . |
| 7 | Find out how easy it is to get through to the number , the quality of the answers , and the hours during which it operates . |
| 8 | My idea is to get out of the house . |
| 9 | I would have moved slightly to the right , I w I was the first objective while you 're looking is to get out of the door . |
| 10 | Well the only reason you want to get out of here is to get out of the way of Indians |
| 11 | John Payne says the ambition now is to get back into the first division |
| 12 | And I do n't think everybody 's going around in eastern Europe thinking oh what we need is to get back to the old Stalinist system where you , you know , you had someone telling you what to do all the time . |
| 13 | A second factor which I 'd like to raise , and please stop me , sir , if I 'm not playing your ground rules here , is to get back to the original point made by Mr Davis , as to how this figure is going to be split between the districts , I think it 's absolutely essential that this figure is split between the districts , and it may well be , if you decide , sir , to recommend in favour of the new settlement that you may have to leave that as a floating figure to go around the districts , at the moment it is not . |
| 14 | Farr was given the all clear at the start of this year and her next aim , after the wedding , is to get back to the tour where , in 1988 , she demonstrated promise with a third-placed finish in the Mazda Classic and a 41st position on the order of merit . |
| 15 | THE Prince of Wales is to get back among the crofters in the Outer Hebrides next month . |
| 16 | Their policy is to get in among the big clubs on merit , thus forcing television 's hand . |
| 17 | It currently has a service within the Fire Service wh which costs a certain amount and we ca n't presume and I would , I suspect that Councillor is is actually trying to do is to get in by the back door for cut that we will then be forced to make the March March March Committee well I hope that members of this at this this this Committee would reject that er suggestion as it at the last meeting . |
| 18 | As he saw it , the job of the Church was to get on with the task of proclaiming the gospel and ministering the sacraments . |
| 19 | My task , apart from the usual household chores , was to get on with the work for my three summer O-levels and to get ahead by starting to work towards my A-levels — English , Latin and Greek . |
| 20 | Her great ability was to get through to the outcasts of society — the drunks , the crazed , the depressed . |
| 21 | Old Florence had left as usual for East Gore to stay with Jim and Jean and ostensibly to clear her verandah room for Tina and the new baby , but really everyone knew it was to get out of the way before all the excitement . |
| 22 | However , J. came to the decision that enough was enough and all he wanted now was to get out of the RAF and pursue a civilian career . |
| 23 | You 've just been telling us all what a relief it was to get out of the city . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I got round them by selling to them the fact that I was doing what they wanted me to do which was to get out into the business world and make contacts . |
| 25 | Coleman 's job was to get out on the streets and talk to people , to come back with a feel for what the bombing had achieved . |
| 26 | But the immediate priority , he emphasised , was to get back to the basics which Sir Reo Stakis tried to inculcate in his managers : using staff effectively to provide a service on the spot and giving the customer what he or she needs and expects . |
| 27 | The fastest way to talk to Grosvenor Square was to get back to the third floor . |