Example sentences of "have got [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 | The School appears to have got off to a flourishing start . |
18 | Meanwhile , the company 's entry into the largely unchartered bagged sector with Strollers seems to have got off to a fair start . |
19 | In general , DATEC courses seem to have got off to a reasonable start in the art colleges . |
20 | ‘ We seem to have got off on a wrong footing tonight , Mr Calder , ’ she said carefully . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | You 've got off to a good start , Deirdra , so keep writing — and reading ! |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | But we had got on to a subject I do happen to know something about . |
27 | She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised . |
28 | In a meeting late on Tuesday , the couple agreed the tour had got off to a bad start , upsetting the Koreans . |
29 | Their decision came during a meeting late on Tuesday when the couple realised the tour had got off to a bad start . |
30 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |