Example sentences of "[adv] get to [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blinking politely at the assembled masses hanging on his every syllable , the poodle-headed astronomer and Friend Of Freddie swiftly got to the point of his keynote address to the CMJ Music Marathon . |
| 2 | So it just got to the point when he was getting real busy and I did n't want to put my fate in someone else 's hands — even though my way it was a much slower progression . |
| 3 | ‘ No , shit , you just get to a point in your life where you want to make sure that everything is going to be OK . |
| 4 | You just get to the point where you are sick and tired of the life that you are living . |
| 5 | The cost of admission is figured at $150,000 just to get to the point of manufacturing . |
| 6 | And he was looking forward again : " I do n't feel I 've ever got to the point I aim at and I do n't think I ever will , but I would like to feel that I was getting a little nearer to it each time . " |
| 7 | Throughout the rest of this fragment , speaker B simply makes ‘ interested ’ noises as speaker A gradually gets to the point . |
| 8 | It is an extraordinary fact that in 1954 the hero of a bestselling novel like Lucky Jim never once gets to the point of making love to any of the girls he pursues . |
| 9 | And they are now getting to the point where they are are popular as the folders in terms of |
| 10 | I even got to the point where I was an approved parliamentary candidate , but I never applied for a seat so I ca n't say I was ever rejected ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I think that anybody who studies improvising long enough will eventually get to the point where they find a way to get all twelve notes available all the time . |
| 12 | Back in the 1940s , though , it was taken a lot more seriously , so that actually getting to the point where you popped the question was a big commitment . ’ |