Phrasal Verb - Get to

Real English Examples

And now we get to the system problems.

Intentional design (and complicated systems)

I guess we get to spend an hour or so together today.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

Yeah, I think one or two more, and we've got to run.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

So our strategy has been that we've got to be a hardware company in order to make our software business succeed.

Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

Because normally, there are things you have to do before you can get to the place you want to be.

Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012 ~ Neil Gaiman

HE SAID, "BEFORE YOU START," HE SAID, "I GOT TO KNOW, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE FROM?"

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

WHEN I FIRST GOT TO IMAGINEERING, SHE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DRESSED ME DOWN, AND SHE SAID, "I UNDERSTAND "YOU'VE JOINED THE ALADDIN PROJECT.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

BELIEVE ME, GETTING TO ZERO GRAVITY IS EASIER THAN BECOMING AN IMAGINEER.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME ASPECT OF WHAT LETS YOU GET TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

WHEN I GOT TO KNOW ANDY BETTER, THE BEATINGS BECAME MORE DIRECT.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

[laughter] BUT FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE LOOKED AT THAT AND WENT, "WOW, I'VE GOT TO PICK IT UP A NOTCH.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

But before I got to him, I was so lost.

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And you know, how on earth did I get to 17 and not know that?

Looking Past Limits ~ Caroline Casey

And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity.

Do schools kill creativity? ~ Sir Ken Robinson

I'm fascinated by how people got to be there.

Do schools kill creativity? ~ Sir Ken Robinson

I said, "How did you get to be a dancer?"

Do schools kill creativity? ~ Sir Ken Robinson

So if a company grows faster, you not only get to a billion dollars in revenue sooner, but the company is more valuable when it reaches that point than it would be if it were growing slower.

How People Get Rich Now ~ Paul Graham

The street performers' Central Park-inspired activities also provided an opportunity for our audience to get to grips with our brand and what we stand for.

Central Park Athletics: Memo 2

You use the analogy that we can’t get to the Moon by extending a building a foot at a time.

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