Example sentences of "the [noun] i get to the " in BNC.

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1 In the end I got to the state when it might happen three or four times a day .
2 By the time I got to the Party Conference in October , I was under police guard .
3 By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ?
4 By the time I got to the city centre I was sweating all over — I 'd get to stink at this rate .
5 By the time I got to the end of the course , I was still picking up the pieces .
6 It had been raining all day and by the time I got to the inn I looked like a pink sponge in a cagoule .
7 He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone .
8 By the time I got to the smithy there were a queue of horses halfway down the street , all waiting to be roughed .
9 This was unnerving and by the time I got to the top I was exhausted .
10 By the time I got to the officer , the children had practically stripped him .
11 It was dark and well stormy by the time I got to the Aurora Corona Rest Home and the residents were probably battened down for the night .
12 I put the visor down before I got out on to Gresham Street and almost walked into the edge of a glass door , but by the time I got to the Kawasaki my eyes had adjusted themselves .
13 By the time I got to the bathroom at half time and over to get something to eat there was nothing hot left .
14 I 'd of been jumping up and down by the time I got to the
15 I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’
16 ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said .
17 ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end .
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