Example sentences of "get to the point where " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's gotten to the point where if a song is not real predictable radio fare then it 's regarded as left-field . |
| 2 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 3 | The crux came when she became doubly incontinent and her mind had got to the point where she had forgotten how her body functioned . |
| 4 | That situation in general had got to the point where it was n't conducive to creativity any more . |
| 5 | And so , through playing his stuff so many times , hearing him play it on record and on bootlegs and actually hearing him sing live — once — it 's got to the point where it 's hard to say whether this is my natural voice or if it 's something I learned . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's got to the point where he looks at you in the morning as if he 's wondering where we are going to send him next . |
| 7 | IBM has got to the point where it has baptised the concept of the RS/6000 Cluster Service Offering , but a twist in DEC 's plan is to enable alien workstations to be included in the cluster — according to Electronic News , it conceives of creating clusters of Alpha-based workstations within one to two years and then to move on to embracing alien machines , with the benefit that stations could be used as stand-alone units when no parallel work was running . |
| 8 | There were two problems back then : first , collectors tend to have an inflated idea of the value of their work , and second , since they feared the IRS ( Inland Revenue Service ) would question any evaluation they gave , they overvalued everything , The IRS got to the point where , because of the abuses , it was prepared to recommend to Congress the abolition of the deduction for donations of works of art . |
| 9 | Now where it goes negative a negative value I do n't think we 'd be interested in that , that means that the car 's got to the point where you have to pay someone to take it away . |
| 10 | She had got to the point where , if Lili had announced a passion for sun-kissed babies , she would have said she found them over-rated . |
| 11 | It 's got to the point where manager Lennie Lawrence must wake up at times wondering which big game is next . |
| 12 | But I say I believe in in one respect alright , she 's got the car she can whip in and out but I do believe in another respect she 's got to the point where she ca n't be bothered ! |
| 13 | erm I think the general pressure on tropical governments now from the environmental lobby has got to the point where they are n't they 're beginning to realise the problems . |
| 14 | The lower they go , the closer they get to the point where even a small amount of cheating could upset the balance alarmingly . |
| 15 | You just get to the point where you are sick and tired of the life that you are living . |
| 16 | And whether it 's electronics or physics or maths or anything else , erm when you get to the point where you 're dividing by zero , you have to say well now we leave the , the mathematical model , and we just go back to the common sense model . |
| 17 | You , you , you build this up , now , and then you get to the point where you 're going to say to yourself , well , do we have to do anything about it ? |
| 18 | Yeah , so yeah ah you 're alright so you 'll say yeah course I 'm alright , there 's no fee , so eventually I get to the point where I said look I did say there 's no fee involved but I 'd , I , that 's a bit of a lie because there is a fee for all the work I 'm er but it comes in the form of referrals , in the form of recommendation , not actual money . |
| 19 | Walking means exercise , walking means effort , you and I have to do something to keep ourselves spiritually awake , going back to our illustration again about the car driver on the motorway , you find yourself after so many miles just dozing off because the road is so straight , not much traffic around , not much to think about apart from the countryside that goes by and you 're there foot on the accelerator , no braking , no gear changing , nothing at all and you get to the point where you 're driving one-handed by the thing , that 's the time when you get so relaxed is n't it ? |
| 20 | If you hear of anybody that wants a any , well a as I say I get to the point where I 've got to need the work somebody , you know ? |
| 21 | I know she wo n't board but I tell you , I tell you the main advantages of boarding is that a lot of times if you , you know when sometimes you get to the point where you 've done so much prep and you 've got lots more and you really you feel like you ca n't cope |
| 22 | ‘ But it gets to the point where I ca n't wait any longer and I 've got to try out whatever mod I have in mind . |
| 23 | ah , it gets to the point where I |
| 24 | It was getting to the point where it was either me or the birds ! |
| 25 | But he 's getting to the point where I 'm ready for saying to him away you go down to your granny 's right , but my mam can nae live with him either . |
| 26 | Back in the 1940s , though , it was taken a lot more seriously , so that actually getting to the point where you popped the question was a big commitment . ’ |
| 27 | And they are now getting to the point where they are are popular as the folders in terms of |
| 28 | Getting to the point where nothing matters except hearing those words … |
| 29 | I think he did say to me once that he was very disturbed at how much coke David was doing , and it got to the point where he did n't hide it in front of DeFries , whereas he did , for quite a while , at first . |
| 30 | It got to the point where you could have one musical act , then you 'd have a puppeteering act , all on a Sunday night under the guise of the Beckenham folk club . |