Example sentences of "it gets [prep] the [noun] " 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 | By the time it gets to the papers or my manager at Arsenal , it 's me lying in the gutter . ’ |
| 6 | So the simplest , and most efficient , way of taxing company profits may be to get rid of corporate taxes altogether and simply tax the money when it gets to the owners . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When it gets to the sea , it slows down . |
| 9 | By the time it gets to the sea then it 's slowed down a lot , it 's usually carrying very fine silt , |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But what you do as a removal man is you get hold of the cord that you 've pulled away from the side of the frame , put a knot in it , a loose knot , then leave go gently because again if you do n't leave go gently if it 's an old cord when it gets to the reaches the knot it 'll snap and you 'll still lose the weight inside . |
| 12 | So it gets to the end of the line and it will come back and adjust itself and go under the the |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Before it gets to the groupware level Uniplex says it will have to license or acquire pieces of technology . |
| 15 | Before it gets to the groupware level Uniplex says it will have to license or acquire pieces of technology . |
| 16 | Well why would it need if that , if it does that , when it gets to the radiator |
| 17 | " So , " I said , " when it gets to the target area it drops the warhead and returns to our warm outstretched arms ? " |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ It gets to the point , ’ explains Fred apologetically , ‘ where we disgust ourselves . |
| 21 | ah , it gets to the point where I |
| 22 | It gets to the stage where you think , I 'm good . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ It 'll stop when it gets to the Monument . ’ |
| 26 | A germ , there 's a germ that floats about in the air and if it gets onto the skin when it 's broken . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Snake venom is usually clear yellow and is dangerous only if it gets into the bloodstream . |
| 30 | ‘ It gets into the curtains , ’ she would cry , rushing into rooms and flinging windows wide . |