Example sentences of "[conj] get on [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After all , the weather does not normally stop you getting to work , playing golf , or getting on with the rest of your life . |
| 2 | Many teachers and heads felt that getting on in the primary sector required verbal and practical allegiance to certain quite specific canons of ‘ good primary practice ’ , and that anything less , let alone any open challenging of the orthodoxies in question , could damage their professional prospects . |
| 3 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 4 | In the end , of course , we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job . |
| 5 | And Graham acknowledged : ‘ He accepted what was said , and got on with the job . |
| 6 | He loved his home in Ireland and got on with the people . |
| 7 | PIETER Muller read the messages of hate , shrugged and got on with the job of becoming one of the best centres in the world . |
| 8 | Having blown his lunch , he then strolled back on set and got on with the matter in hand . |
| 9 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 10 | I have to say that if some of those born again modernizers had supported us then , we could have settled these issues long ago , and got on with the business of winning elections , which I thought was what party politics was about . |
| 11 | Watching Silas , the answer evaded her because his face remained expressionless , so she pushed the question away from her and got on with the job . |
| 12 | The Hercules has been there with the RAF and got on with the job . |
| 13 | And if it was important , to us and the country , why in the world were n't we snuffing out all those niggling grievances and getting on with the job of winning ? |
| 14 | ‘ There they are , innocent , uncomplicated and trusting , accepting the world for what it is and getting on with the business of enjoying it . |
| 15 | ‘ Will you go down to the town , to the nearest phone box and get on to the station ? |
| 16 | Back along with the back to what you would call the sea crossing er to and get on to the Rousay pier then and get a dinghy or something and row across to Wyre . |
| 17 | If we 're having a training session and they feel something 's not going right , I want them to say so , to get it sorted out and get on to the next thing . |
| 18 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 19 | Then he could leave early , and get on with the Business . |
| 20 | The thing is to take these issues on board and get on with the work as a community of artists . |
| 21 | We have to forget about our prejudices , and get on with the task in hand … let's do it ! |
| 22 | ‘ Oh shut up and get on with the game . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ So less of your havers , Bernard , and get on with the job . |
| 24 | The only way to handle excuses is to treat them for what they are and get on with the business of collecting your money . |
| 25 | In other words , many executives in firms experiencing economic difficulties and who know from experience that the inspectorate mainly imposes administrative sanctions will calculate that their best interests lie in not conforming to factory health , safety , and welfare regulations ; instead they will gather their excuses and get on with the violations . |
| 26 | ‘ Let us be done with the arguments of participant observation versus interviewing — as we have largely dispensed with the arguments for psychology versus sociology — and get on with the business of attacking our problems with the widest array of conceptual and methodological tools that we possess and they demand ’ . |
| 27 | Of these CorelDRAW is a good bet if your drawing needs are ( or may become ) fairly sophisticated ; Graphics Works is ideal for first time users , because they can pick it up and get on with the job from scratch with the minimum of fuss ; and if you want good page layout software to support your images , The Publisher 's Treasure Chest is a good choice . |
| 28 | Yes , there are times we should cut the crap and get on with the ‘ real ’ issues of starvation and disease , but to dismiss all problems of prejudice and inequality as whining self-pity is callous beyond belief . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're not prima donnas and [ they ] simply roll up their sleeves and get on with the work , ’ says one admiring Du Pont veteran . |
| 30 | Some of the courses I know , lecturers go drinking with the students and everything , but they 're all older , suits and ties and things , there 's nothing wrong with that , you just know them to be a lecturer and get on with the work rather than thinking , ‘ we had a nice drink last night , did n't we ? ’ |