Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , we tend to get it it 's just an exercise , but it proved a point that even in twenty minutes we were , we 'd only got through only got through to doing ideals , |
| 2 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 3 | Indeed , by the time Lord Darlington had finally come round to bidding his guests rise and drink to ‘ peace and justice in Europe ’ , the level of such noises — perhaps on account of the liberal amounts of wine that had been consumed — struck me as bordering on the ill-mannered . |
| 4 | To her surprise , the gunfire did n't seem to be directed at them , and she wondered if the rebels and soldiers had finally got around to fighting each other directly . |
| 5 | Palo Alto , California-based Neuron Data Inc has finally got around to releasing version 2.0 of its Open Interface in the UK ( UX No 386 ) . |
| 6 | It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs . |
| 7 | I think of all those using this channel : – people who gave generously , of their good money ; people who gave their physical strength ; people who gave limitless time ( even their annual leave from work ) ; people who managed a little time after work ; people who baked ; people who prayed ; the member who supplied the entire plant stall ; people who counted ; the little girl who devised an amusing quiz as her ‘ channel ’ ; people who served , and often withstood the cold winds of George Street ; people who used their artistic talents for communication ; people who lovingly restored the Church afterwards ; our engineer , who invented a ‘ chair-lift ’ for us , and then , literally , put his shoulder to the wheel – and the bright spark who had fired him with the notion ; and finally and uniquely , the couple in Trinity , part of whose house is always given over to storing books so that this channel may be kept open . |
| 8 | But in successive writings Hare has gradually worked around to seeing the account of the very meaning of ethical language which he regards as correct as offering a kind of proof of utilitarianism . |
| 9 | If the industry had gone along with the sort of scheme that we were urging three or four years ago , it would be well geared up to meeting the challenge now , instead of being caught short by its friends — who I am sure the industry feels have in some way betrayed it . |
| 10 | He began with lipstick tubes , which were too light , and then moved on to sawing the ends off motorcycle handlebars . |
| 11 | Advertising then moved on to emphasising the safety element of nablabs ( as an alternative to alcohol for drivers ) , effectively saying to consumers ‘ when you ca n't have a proper drink , have this instead ’ . |
| 12 | I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet . |
| 13 | She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it . |
| 14 | Spare overalls , loose packaging , an inflatable liferaft , most of the parts of a second-hand galley robot she 'd picked up cheap and never quite got round to reassembling … |
| 15 | The manifestation of the sex beast in florid form does not happen very often in the media , but the coverage is consistently geared up to sponsoring the arrival of the sex fiend on the national scene . |
| 16 | The unit was featured on BBC2 's Gardeners World , and Brian is fully geared up to meeting demand for the new pond season . |
| 17 | The film is primarily given over to demonstrating and coaching tail and bow squirts , screw ups , double enders , smashers , cartwheels , splats , swipes , mystery moves , blasting and wave moves , mostly on the Holme Pierrepont slalom course . |
| 18 | ‘ And , if I have n't yet got around to getting a divorce , it 's … well , it 's just because I 've been working so hard , that 's all . ’ |
| 19 | The formal circle of the old regime is represented in Repton 's cedar parlour ( Fig. 7a ) , where the servants have evidently not yet got round to setting the chairs back against the wall . |
| 20 | It came from the paper 's Atticus column , and was a couple of years old — it looked as if Bill had n't yet got round to filing the latest news on Puddephat . |
| 21 | And we 're sort of saying , we have n't actually got round to formalizing it yet . |
| 22 | Since she has done the unthinkable in LA and has never got round to buying herself a car , bus rides are the only way of getting around and the 6am commute to work brings her daily inspiration . |
| 23 | I ca n't remember when I have n't had to work on Christmas Day became the animals have never got round to recognizing it as a holiday ; but with the passage of the years the vague resentment I used to feel has been replaced by philosophical acceptance . |
| 24 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 25 | He 'd never got round to mending the hole . |
| 26 | Why had he never got round to building another sonic screwdriver ? |
| 27 | It is regrettable that your esteemed publication never got round to featuring him in his lifetime ; perhaps you could put the record straight now . |
| 28 | You looked up the late opening times of the local pool but never got round to going . |
| 29 | Admittedly she had never got around to telling him that the invitation was off . |
| 30 | He 'd never got around to closing the deadlock . |