Example sentences of "we got to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We got to the bathroom .
2 When we got to the airport Shirley Strong said to me .
3 When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane .
4 We went to the airport , I 'd never been on a plane before , we were going to America — we got to the airport and — nothing .
5 We got to the tree before the bulldozers but the electric saw was perilously close .
6 We got to the top of a very high pinnacle on a ridge and then turned back .
7 It was getting dark as we got to the mountains of Burma .
8 There was quite a procession by the time we got to the church , St Paul 's , and as we entered the organ played ‘ Here Comes the Bride ’ .
9 It would all seem better when we got to the hotel .
10 He hinted to me the week before the event that he would n't mind a rest one day and I thought about that and thought about it again when we got to The Belfry .
11 We got to the Bazaar soon after the sun was up this morning .
12 when we got to the depot and eh , I came up in civvies , it was a light civvies suit , cos it what I had in India .
13 By the time we got to the pub stomachs were beginning to rumble .
14 When we got to the pub my hands were so swollen and red from picking up the jug and throwing it all day I could barely pick up a pint to drink . ’
15 Then when we got to the sawmill I 'd stay close beside Uncle Bill watching him sawing and planing , keeping well away from the saw , until midday when the mill shut up for the week .
16 In er , , you know , we only reversed when we got to the bottom of that last machine , and why had the guy back , erm , went over it , and go through it again , luckily it was only three high .
17 As soon as we got to the station he sent one of Delgado 's boys out to John Russell 's place to get him .
18 I took her hand as we walked to my house for breakfast , and did n't let go until we got to the verandah steps .
19 King said : ‘ We got to the byline a lot on Friday which is always encouraging but too often the ball hit the first defender .
20 he brought us straight back here , so we got to the door , I says well how much did he say ?
21 When we got to the green , Ray Floyd says to Nick , ‘ I thought you were never going to play that shot . ’
22 ‘ When we got to the green , there was no ball to be seen .
23 Biting back feelings of inadequacy , frustration and anger I tied up the bundle as well as I could , resigning myself to losing most of it on the way down the hill , preparing for laughter and jeers when we got to the village .
24 It was late by the time we got to the village , and we were surprised to see lights on at the pub , and people running in and out .
25 So I danced till we got to the edge of the room and then I danced right out the door and up the street .
26 When we got to the inn , the squire and Dr Livesey were there .
27 ‘ We were sticking our necks out further and further but once we got to the South Col we had the same chance to get to the top as if we had 20 Sherpas helping and a brick-built house up there , ’ said Harry .
28 We saved them in a big tin , and when we got to the theatre and she opened it up they were all stuck together in a fluffy lump — pear-drops , and fruit-gums and licorice torpedoes and polo mints , with bits of hair and silver paper and bus tickets sticking out .
29 We got to the water and put him out but he had virtually no clothing left on his back , it was all burnt away . ’
30 One of them asked as we got to the landing .
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