Example sentences of "[pron] get through " in BNC.

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1 which I think there were four competitors , one of whom got through to the district final and eventually to the national final that John is going to on Saturday .
2 ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’
3 Anyway , I got through to the finals , that was really nerve-racking , and my mum and my boyfriend came along to see me in it .
4 At last I got through , demanded an ambulance , and had to ask Masha for the number of the room .
5 I do n't know whether I got through .
6 What happened to me might have broken me — it nearly did break me — but I got through .
7 But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’
8 I got through to become an ‘ aspirant guide ’ .
9 When I got through she made a kind of whistling noise through her teeth .
10 More than that , I persisted until I got through !
11 I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava .
12 When I got through to Dr Puddephat , on the other hand , his language was refreshingly unacademic , and can not , I regret , be repeated in a family newspaper .
13 Anyway , Mr Middleditch came through once more and I got through to Lisabeth on Stuart Street .
14 I got through to Mr Ball .
15 It worked , I got through without being asked any questions , not even to produce a membership card !
16 The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training .
17 And when I got through I knew immediately by the tone of her voice that she was , there was something wrong .
18 I went up her house last night , it 's I du n no how , how I got through , the long way
19 trying to get through the , he says oh them people have left here , now you 'll have to , and he gives us another two numbers and that , I got through on one of the numbers and then er , I asked I says oh I says I did n't get me photograph and me plastic wallet , he says well you do n't really need them you know when you retired , but I says how can you go on the train , you sure of that ?
20 and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ?
21 But the only thing what , I , I mean , I got through , it says hi you 've got through to Ross King 's er , blah , we 're going to repeat those competition questions for you , and they repeat it all to you , and they , is your answer A bla B C and then , it 's please speak after the tone , beep and then you say your thing and then , now would you like to leave your name and number
22 But when I get through , even my own voice sounds strange and mechanical ; an air hostess for British Airways , an operator for British Telecom .
23 ‘ She may come down on Saturday if I get through to the final . ’
24 and I says , Good afternoon could I speak to the person that does advertising etcetera , and I get through to that particular person , and I said , How would you like to save money by us printing all your portfolios free of charge high quality er portfolios it would n't cost you a penny .
25 It depends what happens when I get through to that guy in Civitavecchia .
26 That 's the only way I get through to you sometimes .
27 How can I get through to him ?
28 From the wave point of view this is hardly a surprise , because it was just they component of the oscillation which got through .
29 They say it was a computerised letter which got through and they apologise in advance to any other tenant who might have got one .
30 You got through to me only too well !
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