Sentence examples for before getting around from inspiring English sources

According to the powerful fund-raisers behind the scenes, there are no regrets about the order of priorities, having started with brand-name new architecture first before getting around to renovating the older buildings.

Before getting around to actually voting on any legislation, Senate Democrats took the floor to complain that President Bush was not helping them persuade Republicans to allow votes on two contentious bills.

The glossy, 90-page Japanese-language guide to the series began with several pages of color photos, advertisements and articles about Matsuzaka and Okajima before getting around to players such as Ramírez, Josh Beckett and David Ortiz.

The problem was that the vendors wouldn't bother fixing them, or took years before getting around to it.

It is not unusual for teams to finish managing the heftier contracts of position players against the salary cap before getting around to the punters; most observers seem convinced that he'll be well taken care of.

The pacing of the novel mimics the rhythm of a Cherokee neighborly visit: conversation about the weather, crops, family and gossip before getting around to the real point of the call.

before, but she'd died before they got around to going.

Before Myers gets around to delivering his antiwar message, he paints some menacing and unsettling scenes.

Swedish quartet Little Dragon spent 10 years playing together before they got around to releasing even a single.

Across the River Acheron, in the limbo of the first circle of Hell, are noble souls who, like Virgil, perished before Christ got around to saving us.

I left it on the corner table for a couple of days before I got around to driving it to the post office.