Example sentences of "could get to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days , when land was concentrated in the hands of the few , sensible rights of way were established between cottages tied to the Big House in order that Yeoman A could get to the pump shared with Yeoman B ; Yeoman B , hurrying about his master 's affairs , could cross Yeoman A's garden to get to the shed where the gaffer 's carts were kept . |
| 2 | ‘ I had this thing in my mind that she had to be in a place where I could get to her and she would be well looked after . ’ |
| 3 | If we could get to that things would be easier on the far side . |
| 4 | In the event , they went back to Scotland Yard so that McLeish could get to a phone and check with his secretary , and with Bruce Davidson , who was co-ordinating the evidence as it came in . |
| 5 | Uncle Walter had told him you could get to Australia by digging . |
| 6 | He cadged fivers off various old school friends and workmates to tide him over until he could get to the bank . |
| 7 | Before he was shown his room and could get to bed , Charles had to spend half an hour with his French host and hostess , drinking coffee and little glasses of Framboise which he found nauseating . |
| 8 | The woman had also been the nearest she could get to contrite about what had happened in her apartment . |
| 9 | In Australia , the spokesman said , ‘ it was difficult to see how we could get to a position of influence in the market without spending a lot of money . ’ |
| 10 | If she could get to the main hall , she could automatically open the gates from the instrument panel by the front door . |
| 11 | If she could get to Tottenham Court Road tube station , she could get home almost on automatic pilot . |
| 12 | Only Judi could get to her so quickly , and only this discussion could push her over the edge . |
| 13 | If she could get to Bart 's before the day staff had begun their routine , she might be allowed a few moments with Amy . |
| 14 | Although some of these issues went beyond the main remit of his Inquiry , he drew the conclusion from this basic finding that only a national government-led initiative to deal with problems of policing , unemployment , poor housing , and racial disadvantage could get to the roots of the unrest . |
| 15 | But by crossing direct in this way she could more than halve the time to the keeper 's cottage , and this might mean that the keeper could get to the West Wood in time to capture the deer-stealers before they drove away . |
| 16 | It must be the nearest thing you could get to Lord Ismay … it was just the tip how to run it , how to manage it from the Government point of view . |
| 17 | Sometimes I feel that I could get to the point where I 'd let her get on the bus [ transport to day care ] in the morning and then ring them up later and say ‘ Do n't bring her back because I wo n't let her in ’ … |
| 18 | I tried again , saying we were trying to decide how many of us could get to this wedding and we wanted to look smart , but the only response was that he did n't want to hear anything about weddings , thank you . |
| 19 | He and his fellow escapee had been told that if they could get to Marseilles , then in unoccupied France , they stood a good chance of finding a ship bound for England . |
| 20 | Some maths work will , I am sure , be very helpful in later life ; I just wish we could get to that bit soon ! |
| 21 | ‘ I never could get to grips with classical music at all at school . |
| 22 | His secret ambition was for the Argentine ban to be lifted so he could get to England and avenge Pedro 's death by taking out the English and especially one poker-faced Guards Officer . |
| 23 | The manual is the nearest one could get to an International Code Sportif or Sporting Code which enables all competitively minded flyers of steerable or stunt kites to operate on identical standards . |
| 24 | He did suggest that Sir Archibald send out a couple of scouts to as close as they could get to the enemy camp without being noticed , to send back word of any development there . |
| 25 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 26 | You could get to quite like these characters if all you got was half an hour a week . |
| 27 | ‘ You could get to be very popular back in the city-states , Doc . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I was amazed , I could get to places with cameras which just a few years ago Russians would n't have been allowed to visit , ’ he said . |
| 29 | FOR THEIR first UK appearance in 20 years , Germanic rockers Faust chose London 's notorious Marquee club as the venue to strut their stuff , surely the nearest equivalent they could get to the bowels of Hell ! |
| 30 | He slapped at it with his other hand , but it was beneath his thumbnail before he could get to it . |