Sentence examples for got there only from inspiring English sources

It was a shame for them they got there only at the end of the summer.

She made three half-hearted attempts to transfer to the local grammar school but got there only at the age of 15.

Only Richard Widmark could get into such a jam; and having got there, only he could be so alert to Monroe's needs as an actress.

But the Grizzlies, who thrived at the free-throw line in knocking off No. 1 seed Oklahoma City in the semifinals, got there only 18 times and made only 10.

About every decade or so, or as soon as the shingles weather on the new house, the arrivistes, who got there only several years before, begin to complain bitterly about the loudness of "the newcomers".

"People say he got there only because [of family ties], but he was definitely the best.

Like Alice, wherever he goes he gets there only by proceeding in a different direction.

It was Terminal 3. It took 45 minutes to get there, only to find out bookings for the flight had closed.

I was in Africa, in a place so remote I could get there only by small plane in the wet season.

The Kukenan tepui is impossible to climb, however, because of all the erosion, so we could get there only by helicopter.

Updated at 1.52am GMT 1.36am GMT 27th over: England 71-1 (Carberry 26 Root 11) So that's lunch - England get there only one wicket down.