Example sentences of "getting [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maureen was getting on to the museum about bringing an expert to have a look at the place . ’ |
| 2 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 3 | The Prince of Wales is an expert at getting on to the person 's own level . |
| 4 | With the bike into the corner and turned , the rider is thinking of one thing only from now on — getting on to the throttle as soon as possible . |
| 5 | Of course there are allegations of favouritism , affecting both getting on to the list and then getting ‘ placed ’ afterwards . |
| 6 | For most , just getting on to the list will be the end of the road . |
| 7 | In total therefore there are seven times as many graduate men among all employees , so getting on to the wage profiles that grow fastest and last longest is very much a matter of educational credentials . |
| 8 | This is designed to prevent contamination getting in to the product . |
| 9 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 10 | This he achieved by getting along to the Frog and Ferret at about eleven each morning , where he spent hours in conversation with George ‘ This is My Coronary ’ Parker . |
| 11 | I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained . |
| 12 | Anyone who has difficulty in getting down to the floor and up is safer exercising on a firm mattress . |
| 13 | Well , I 'd better be getting down to the bus … |
| 14 | ‘ We guessed , ’ said Faye , ‘ when you were more concerned about getting down to the blood bank than about thrashing through my prognosis with Dr Greene . ’ |
| 15 | Smith said that some of the reporters had been drinking before getting down to the job of covering the fight ; Hearn is considering litigation . |
| 16 | Having defined the size of the board the next stage is to consider the circuit and the components themselves , before getting down to the job of designing the copper track pattern itself . |
| 17 | ‘ Laz , before you get your trusty Smith and Whatever platinum plated , do n't you think we should be getting down to the business , which is your business . |
| 18 | getting down to the project re resource sheets er Jack w we felt that even though our bid was fairly low , even a adjusted for a full calculation . |
| 19 | The restaurant manager should also anticipate problems in the kitchen or front of house and prevent any ‘ ripples ’ getting through to the customer . |
| 20 | You will then have a better chance of getting through to the interview stage ; |
| 21 | He had great difficulty in getting through to the club . |
| 22 | before we start getting up to the kind of figures where we can actually see a you know |
| 23 | But getting back to The Case is Altered : I supposed that if the people got browned off , as we call it , they 'd have a settin' in . |
| 24 | Oh you 're getting back to the privet hedge and suburbia are n't you ? |
| 25 | Getting back to the hotel . |
| 26 | Getting back to the golf itself I thought the dovetailing of Seve Ballesteros and Jose-Maria Olazabal during the first two days was absolutely wonderful to see and the David and Goliath partnership of Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo was superb . |
| 27 | And that at least is true , he thought , because if I were a crippled old man living on an early pension filtered through the Secret Vote — and thus controllable — I would n't want any whisper of indiscretion getting back to the Service . |
| 28 | ‘ Now I really ought to be getting back to the apartment . ’ |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I 'm really looking forward to getting back to the hot-seat for the new series . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , but I love getting back to the North , ’ says Sergei , and I follow his gaze to a landscape like a sheet of cartridge paper . |