Example sentences of "have get [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Many a Jewish courtship has got off to a somewhat greasy start over pickled brisket sandwiches and chips on fine evenings outside the deli .
2 What has been designated Industry Year has got off to a predictably silly start .
3 TV Quick , the German interloper in the British TV listings market , has got off to a flying start .
4 The second half has got off to a good start , with slightly higher orders for October .
5 I feel the Trust has got off to a very good start under your directorship .
6 Oxford University 's Matthew Syed has got off to a flying start in the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Italy , winning both his opening matches .
7 THE Weightman Rutherfords Liverpool Competition has got off to a tremendous start with 54 wins coming from the first 72 fixtures .
8 PETER Scudamore 's neighbour Nigel Twiston-Davies has got off to a tremendous start this season with 24 wins in the bag already .
9 The Grand National meeting at Aintree has got off to a tragic start with two horses dying in the first race .
10 But I 'm , but I 'm sure it 'd got up to a hundred and something pounds .
11 I 'd got through to a girl I said extension two three six and then oh and the feller said er
12 Scamp had done thirteen months of a two-year stretch and he could 've got out in a coupla months more if he 'd kept his nose clean .
13 Nenna thought of Tilda , who would certainly have got on to a late night bus and ridden without paying the fare , or even have borrowed money from the conductor .
14 ‘ You 'd both have got on like a house on fire .
15 ‘ There is no way we would have got in under a Labour government . ’
16 Given that the evening was meant to be so special , so significant , they could hardly have got off to a worse start , but Jessica refused to compromise .
17 what time do you have to get up on a Sunday morning ?
18 And if I had to play them today , I 'd have to get off in a room with a record player , probably for a couple of hours and learn them . ’
19 The School appears to have got off to a flourishing start .
20 Meanwhile , the company 's entry into the largely unchartered bagged sector with Strollers seems to have got off to a fair start .
21 In general , DATEC courses seem to have got off to a reasonable start in the art colleges .
22 ‘ We seem to have got off on a wrong footing tonight , Mr Calder , ’ she said carefully .
23 Of course that is n't really allowed , but once you 've got back as a ghost , there 's not much anybody can do to stop you .
24 You 've got off to a good start , Deirdra , so keep writing — and reading !
25 They 've got off to a good start with a pair of eighteen carat gold and turquoise earrings donated by the Elizabeth Gage company of London .
26 It was almost as small as the circle of names and acquaintances of the average senior civil servant , and was reduced further by the fact that once they had got on to a board , many businessmen rapidly came to resent the amount of time the job demanded .
27 Sitting in the dreary Independence Hotel in Tehran late at night , McFarlane fuming in his room , the rest of the party had got on to a conversation about radars .
28 But we had got on to a subject I do happen to know something about .
29 She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised .
30 In a meeting late on Tuesday , the couple agreed the tour had got off to a bad start , upsetting the Koreans .
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