Example sentences of "it gets [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the S Q L code which is sent to it has to be interpreted when it gets to the server machine , and we all know the difference between compiled and interpreted code . |
| 2 | The prospect of genetic intervention is much more appealing as it gets to the core of the problem . |
| 3 | ‘ You said that if you drop a clock into a black hole , and you watch it from a long way off , the hands appear to go round slower the closer it gets to the hole . |
| 4 | it gets to the top . |
| 5 | But the rivers of south-west France flow very indirectly , and the Adour makes a strange horseshoe of a tour through lower Gas cony before it gets to the sea . |
| 6 | When it gets to the sea , it slows down . |
| 7 | By the time it gets to the sea then it 's slowed down a lot , it 's usually carrying very fine silt , |
| 8 | It is much better if the player knows subconsciously all the time where the clubhead is and makes sure that it gets to the ball at the same moment as the hands — a similar position as when at address . |
| 9 | So it gets to the end of the line and it will come back and adjust itself and go under the the |
| 10 | it 's , it 's parted , the , the , the , the metal fang comes along and then when it gets to the end ere it 's split , it 's split |
| 11 | Before it gets to the groupware level Uniplex says it will have to license or acquire pieces of technology . |
| 12 | Before it gets to the groupware level Uniplex says it will have to license or acquire pieces of technology . |
| 13 | Well why would it need if that , if it does that , when it gets to the radiator |
| 14 | " So , " I said , " when it gets to the target area it drops the warhead and returns to our warm outstretched arms ? " |
| 15 | When it gets to the point that to reach your greenhouse you have to run the gauntlet of a thousand bristling spines , it is time to make a major decision . |
| 16 | ‘ But it gets to the point where I ca n't wait any longer and I 've got to try out whatever mod I have in mind . |
| 17 | ‘ It gets to the point , ’ explains Fred apologetically , ‘ where we disgust ourselves . |
| 18 | ah , it gets to the point where I |
| 19 | It gets to the stage where you think , I 'm good . |
| 20 | Even if it gets to the stage where they are bound to win it , the bookies could just reduce the odds to something like 1–100 on . |
| 21 | It 's not that though , er , I mean I 've worked with a mental handicap and , it gets to the stage whe like you say though I 'm not just touching you , I 'm just And the strength they 've got , you 're their strength . |
| 22 | ‘ It 'll stop when it gets to the Monument . ’ |
| 23 | A germ , there 's a germ that floats about in the air and if it gets onto the skin when it 's broken . |
| 24 | That is to say that a word in bold in your word processor file should still be bold when it gets onto the page , even though it has changed from being monospaced typescript to a real typeface and may be in a different size altogether . |
| 25 | As the head of science put it : I think once it gets off the ground and we have got the library and the integrated studies and study skills teaching in a central resource area for the whole school , I think then , people are going to have to start seriously appraising the way they teach and I think that can only be a good thing . |
| 26 | Snake venom is usually clear yellow and is dangerous only if it gets into the bloodstream . |
| 27 | Juniors come to recognize that the local , situation-specific knowledge they are expected to acquire is important , that it will be called upon , and that it is their responsibility to develop and communicate it , to be sure it gets into the decision process . |
| 28 | ‘ Once it gets into the community it tends to spread around , ’ said Dr Pugh . |
| 29 | This attacks the growth of other viruses by attacking the foreign nucleic acid before it gets into the cell . |
| 30 | New studies show that targetting normal genes using viral and other systems to enter cells ( from marrow , the lung and gut , liver and skin ) may be easier than at first thought , and that DNA will function more or less normally once it gets into the cell . |