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 ! |