Example sentences of "getting [adv] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By getting together and talking to each other in this way . |
| 2 | This is less Ben Elton-speak than naked ambition to be an admired state-of-the-art comedian who can acknowledge the wrongs of the world , shift with the politics of the time , try out new techniques ( in this case performing in theatres with a captive audience rather than in a back room full of hecklers getting up and wandering to the bar every 20 minutes ) and be funny . |
| 3 | • Advance your meal times by the same amount as you change your times of getting up and going to bed . |
| 4 | • Change your meal times to fit in with your delayed times of getting up and going to bed . |
| 5 | I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work . |
| 6 | The blinds of the houses were always drawn to different levels , since each of the rooms was let to a different lodger , and their times of getting up and going to bed were different . |
| 7 | All I can remember was that everything was uncomfortable , especially getting up and going to bed . |
| 8 | I 'm ok during the week , I 've got into a routine of getting up and going to and all the rest of it , but weekends I have every other weekend off , it 's not quite a routine is it ? , |
| 9 | Sometimes visits will be on a regular daily basis , especially when a person is very disabled and assistance is needed in getting up and putting to bed . |