Sentence examples for Got abreast from inspiring English sources

Shen she got abreast of him, he said.

Farther on, I read about a memorable 1866 race between British barques in the tea service, in which the Ariel, the Taiping, and the Sirica left Foo Chow, China, together, and then "separated and lost one another till they reached the English Channel, when the Ariel and Taiping got abreast and raced to the Downs, the former arriving some ten minutes before the latter….

By W. J. P. Cullen, Clifford Orr, and Harold Ross The New Yorker, February 16 , 1935P. 11 A Mr. Cullen telephoned us to report that he has just been walking along Fifty-seventh Street when a young woman approached with a violin case, and just as she got abreast of him the case came open and what seemed like a peck of potatoes rolled out onto the sidewalk.

I sped up my pace and as I got abreast of them, saw that one of them was playing what I learned later was a kora, as he strolled.

This will also give time for a substitute judge for Mr May to get abreast of the proceedings.

I'm off to San Francisco in a couple of weeks and I've got my fingers in quite a few pies over there to get abreast of all the latest technologies and see how we can apply those to our sport".

If drivers are going to quit short of their mark, we forsee the end of the taxi business... It's just a matter of time before you climb into a cab at 72nd, headed for Lewis & Conger to buy a dust cover for a garment hanger, and just as you get abreast the Plaza the driver will ask you to walk the rest of the way.

This review article comprises of an exhaustive discussion and is a handy reference for researchers who are new in the field of wet anisotropic etching or who want to get abreast with the techniques of determination of crystal directions.

Some United employees said that the company had not kept them abreast of the financial crisis, that they got their information from the newspapers or from watching television sets in the employee break room.

I really haven't got hooked yet, but getting trying more now to keep abreast of other topics".

Keeping them abreast of your successes also ensures that you've got a good business contact in your field, someone who has a stake in your success.