Example sentences of "[modal v] get on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Until such times as they can do this , Her Majesty 's Government should get on with the task of governing Northern Ireland in a positive fashion , including the alternative means of returning powers to locally-elected representatives . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll get on to the emergency services immediately . |
| 3 | You bring him back tomorrow or I 'll get on to the police . ’ |
| 4 | And I 'll get on to the and we 'll get them an appointment out to you as quick as we can . |
| 5 | There we are and I 'll I 'll get on to the Royal this morning . |
| 6 | There we are and I 'll I 'll get on to the Royal this morning . |
| 7 | As one of the parents in the interviews described later says , ‘ When they say , you 're the experts , parents are experts , what they really mean is — you get on with that little bit over there , and we 'll get on with the really important stuff over here . ’ |
| 8 | And erm , anyway , I 'm , I 'm sorry to have to tell you that but erm now we 'll get on with the second half of the meeting . |
| 9 | Then put the coin in the slot , please Rex , and we 'll get on with the new plan . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 11 | She said she 'd get on with the cooking better if I came down here on my own . |
| 12 | The waiter rescued the bottle which was dripping water generously about the table cloth and it was a moment or two before the mopping up was done and Charles could get on with the argument . |
| 13 | As we approached we could hear the real Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club welcoming everyone to the adventure and we could see Zak and the other actors waiting for him to finish so that they could get on with the mystery . |
| 14 | I used to get on with the washing-up , see about the dinner and all the rest of the things . |
| 15 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 16 | If he was n't careful they would get on to the subject of the motorway . |
| 17 | I shall get on with the work and have a sweep out and tidy up , and I 'll have the fire lit and the bone broth on before she gets home . |
| 18 | So without further ado , let's get on with the show … and remember , out of the black and into the red , you get nothing in this game for two-in-a-bed ! ’ |
| 19 | Let's get on with the consultation . ’ |
| 20 | Let's get on with the show … |
| 21 | let's get on with the business . |
| 22 | ‘ Let's get on with the game , ’ the Queen said angrily , and Alice followed her back to the croquet-ground . |
| 23 | Let's get on with the clothes . |
| 24 | No further discussion necessary on their budget let's get on with the serious business of funding real education in Hertfordshire which we asked and in this particular case the Labour party . |
| 25 | ‘ Thanks , David , but I 've bent the rules enough ; I really ought to get on to the village and see to this wretched food distribution . |
| 26 | I will get on with the dining room . ’ |
| 27 | He will get on with the job . ’ |
| 28 | Always at the back of the mind are worries over how well one will get on with the other artists . |
| 29 | Er we will get on to the er the press and people , to really get out to the people , to save our , it 's no good saying , in nine months ' time , why was n't there something done , for our hospitals ? |
| 30 | It 's only when you 've put yourself second and the message first that you can get on with the business of communication . |