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By the time I got around to it, the lawn had been colonized by a large clan of earth-burrowing hornets.

eg. I said I would write to you , but as usual I never got around to it.

My original intent was to list them for sale on "Craig's List" (online classifieds), but I never got around to it.

Apart from my work, I got around the state as much as I could to broaden my contacts and strengthen my organization for the next election.

nd the observation before Mr. Lindemann got around, was that it looked like a first order process.

Word got around that the old guy was cool and, after he began speaking up in class, that he was nobody's fool.

It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.

"Word must have got around that this electronic brain could play music, " explained Chris Burton of the Computer Conservation Society (CCS).

Stooping, butting his head through the weeds and against the wind, Mike got around in front of me, all the time holding on to my arm.

You might have done quite a bit, but never quite got around to getting the rest and relaxation you need and now it's time to start all over.

However, it was only during my years of house arrest that I got around to investigating the nature of the six great dukha.

Word got around because he bragged about cutting the wings off and taking out the small pilot and breaking off his head.

He found a can of beer in the refrigerator behind some brownish lettuce and those hot dogs Evey never got around to cooking .

John did not weigh enough to join the navy, but he got around that; he drank a lot of water before his physical examination.

Thus, by the time it got around to considering the environmental impact of the final segment, the decision would be a foregone conclusion.

It quickly got around that she was back in town.

Rumor got around that the city was besieged by the enemy.

"Of course word got around and I've had to implement the pay rise across the board, " he says.

Sam: No, a real change. A new city. Some place where every time I got around a corner I don't think of Maggie.

After six years of waiting, the day Michael Robertson always knew would arrive finally got around to arriving.

the Republicans never got around to do, it slipped lower, lower, lower on the Republican agenda, am I right so far?

Although Outlook 2007 had a good spam filter, I still usually got around 2 or 3 emails a week sneaking into my inbox. . . not with Gmail.

When word about this got around, people quickly headed for the spot.

He never got around to discussing the music with Burton.

When word about her gentle old horse got around among the parents, she invited them to bring their children to visit Mac.

He also got around $411, 000 a year over the past three years in company-paid security and private-plane benefits.

Craft supplies that you intended to use years ago for Christmas presents but still haven't got around to it.

With XP, Microsoft finally got around to merging its NT business line with its Windows consumer line.

But when the authorities got around to paying attention, they decided not to mess with a good thing.

But with the demands of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much beyond family get-togethers1 and holidays.

A way around an obstacle; got around the difficulty somehow.

When we finally got around to buying the Chrismas cards, it was too late. The shops were all sold out.

The 35-hour limit can be got around by granting workers extra holidays or pay, but it still affects the attitude to work.

Day after day, practice running more than a day, now is the summer, " running also rather too hot, " this topic got around.

MK: We got around the same number of beta signups as for our other games, so the numbers didn't seem very surprising.

I got around this by only using the top tongue loop to keep it in place, leaving the laces exposed down below.

After watching the grass grow wild in his garden for several weeks , Dick finally got around to cutting it .

Blood Meridian had been on my mind for many months before I finally got around to reading it.

his reports were thorough and revealing , and his readership grew quickly once word got around.

Word got around that D. E. Shaw & Co. was pulling about $5 billion, joining a list of other hedge-fund clients running for the exits.

Melchionda, who had property and liability insurance but had never got around to adding a policy that replaces income lost after accidents.

It quickly got around that Mark was back in the town.

When the cache filled up, data would be evicted before the application got around to accessing it again.

One day word got around that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left, except for Love.

There is also a petition is launched to stop metro project that got around 1000 signatures so far.

Historically you see that we got around 200 years ago by canals, and as that system disappeared, were replaced by railroads.

He got around to having chat with me no matter how busy he was.

Any mother knows this one by heart, even if she never got around to potato-printing.

When the FSA finally got around to investigating its own part in the Rock's downfall, it was a catalogue of errors and omissions.

Unfortunately, the monkeys never got around to composing any sonnets.

We got around the transportation problem by renting a car.

House: How's your recovery going? Got around to the small muscles yet?

At that time, I got around on a little folding bicycle. I fastened a blue crate on the back of it and placed Dingo inside.

When I finally got around to reading the novel, it felt like I was returning to it somehow.

I never got around to taking the examination.

a Although living miles away, he got around to , visiting her. =Alough he lived miles away, he got around to visiting her.

Finally, after a series of questions about Gennifer Flowers, he got around to Hillary and me, referring to our marriage as an arrangement.

The news of their secret wedding soon got around.

The news spread quickly. ; The news soon got around.

word got around that he was on the verge of retirement.

I only got around to doing this a few days ago.

In fact, once people actually had extra money, they generally got around to spending it.

Tony in Broadmoor had told me that on the three occasions they scored him, he got around a 29 or a 30.

Although living miles away, he got around to visiting her.

When they met, however, they never got around to talking business.

Are there any countries you'd love to head for but haven't got around to yet?

He finally got around to writing to me.

The Chinese are currently working on growth, and haven't yet got around to the aesthetics of everyday.

We aren't got around to telling the old bat that we are married yet.

Do you have things on your mind that you have always wanted to try but never got around to actually doing them?

News soon got around that he had resigned.

Ivey got around that problem by using PayPal.

got around that he had resigned.

Small Q got around to find his lost tool but never found it.

It got around quickly that Andylau would give a concert in Harbin.

He got around in the room as he couldn't work out the problem.

Fiji has got around 330 islands about 1900 miles from Sydney, Australia.

Have you always wanted to try something new but haven't got around to it yet?

After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.

I have still not got around to hanging those pictures in the bathroom. But reader, I am never giving up books again.

Banks got around regulatory curbs last year in part by shifting loans off their books and onto those of lightly regulated trust companies.

I finally got around to the job again.

Many of the new-fangled instruments became popular because they got around financial regulations, such as rules on banks' capital adequacy.

Have you got around to doing the dirty work yet?

You should be eighteen to study here, but Harry got around it.