Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] get [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 You then rotate the eyepiece so you get back to the condition that you had before .
2 ‘ Clearly , once it gets on to the motorway it can get anywhere .
3 ‘ She may come down on Saturday if I get through to the final . ’
4 That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning .
5 So I rounded up my bird-fancying friends ' old copies of Cage and Aviary and studied them until I got back to the very beginning of the season , early March .
6 Father got a bit worked up about this , but it was above my head until I got down to the specific steps to success which appear in the following chapters , so just remember OIL .
7 Knights come first , then come DBEs , then come CBEs and so on and so forth , until you get down to the lowest award , which I think is the British Empire Medal .
8 Having selected your sleeve / armhole type , a third menu appears for you to select your FRONT NECK type , followed by a fourth menu for the BACK NECK type ( see Fig 1 ) Should you wish to change any of the selections you have made , just press ESCAPE until you get back to the menu that you need to alter .
9 It 's a great job , but you do n't enjoy it until you get back to the ground .
10 They need a touch of resin he decides , but as he has none it will have to wait until we get back to the camp .
11 It wo n't be replaced until we get back to the premier league .
12 Right so if we get down to the hospital this afternoon
13 Do n't think you need actually stand in the mud , though — if we get back to the hard it will be all right . "
14 They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork .
15 because we get back to the first chapter , verse nine .
16 I done it , I did it all neat and tidy the whole way round till we got round to the door and I says you can do it , no way am I cutting round there big chunk
17 I had a busy day and it was after six o'clock before I got round to The Laurels .
18 Erm she 's doing numeracy power with them at the moment before she gets on to the because I believe she 's got to sort out some programs for as yet .
19 But before we get down to the equations I must say a few words in defence of the approach I choose .
20 ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend .
21 Can I say that we are now organising quite tightly the business of street collections , and I think if committee are minded to reduce the number of collections that we allow , we should decide that before we come to this meeting , because I think it 's very difficult in practical terms to do it at this stage , and therefore I would suggest that we do agree twenty-one , not withstanding what Graham said , we can take on board some of what he said , and maybe the month before we are asked to take this decision , we have an item on the agenda where we discuss the principle before we get down to the practicalities .
22 ‘ How long before we get back to the proper road ? ’
23 Before they got on to the subject of the commune they had been discussing which item of Hilbert 's former property they should sell next .
24 The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway .
25 before they got down to the autographs .
26 Here 's him — no parents , no roof over his head , on the streets , sleeping God knows where — and here 's me moaning on about waiting sixteen hours for my boy-friend to ring and being terrified that Mummy and Daddy 'll tell me off when I get back to the Nest .
27 It 's 3 a.m. when I get back to the cottage .
28 Tell 'em — or I 'll tell 'em when I get back to the States — I 'm pulling .
29 When I get back to the room she is still in bed , lying naked on her belly beneath the sheet .
30 There 's a pile of papers which I must read when I get back to the hotel , ’ he said , and grimaced .
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