Example sentences of "[noun] and get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ OK , here we are , ’ Sadat says unnecessarily , and pulls his bag off the back seat and gets out of the car . |
| 4 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 5 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 6 | When the explosions eased off a bit , I bade farewell to Pat and got out of the big house as quickly as possible . |
| 7 | It does not matter whether the golden spike is hammered in somewhere in England or in France or in China , so long as we can make an arbitrary decision , stop arguing about words and get on with the much more difficult ( but much more rewarding ) task of correlation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Can we cut the expert critical review and get on with the job of finding out where Jenny is ! ’ |
| 10 | He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car . |
| 11 | Cancel the wedding or the holiday , sell the theatre/football/movie tickets , put the dog in kennels and get down to the Wembley Exhibition Centre … sharpish ! |
| 12 | Whitlock removed the keys from the ignition and got out of the car . |
| 13 | She climbed the rickety steps set into the hillside and got up to the porch of the Katz house . |
| 14 | He loved his home in Ireland and got on with the people . |
| 15 | As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money . |
| 16 | The thing is to take these issues on board and get on with the work as a community of artists . |
| 17 | The Hercules has been there with the RAF and got on with the job . |
| 18 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 19 | Stepping out of the stables , she opened the half-door of the Lagonda and got in on the driver 's side . |
| 20 | They were required to leave their beds and get out of the hostel by nine o'clock in the morning , and they were not expected to hang about any more until about five or more in the evening . |
| 21 | 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 ? ’ |
| 22 | He shook his head and got up from the table , taking his plate to the sink to rinse it . |
| 23 | Finally , the back bones , who tackle the problems and get on with the work of solving them . |
| 24 | ‘ They smuggled drugs and used criminal ways to buy their dreams and get out of the system . |
| 25 | She finished her drink and got up from the table . |
| 26 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 27 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 28 | If kids were playing football in the street , they had to accept your authority and get out of the way . |
| 29 | She kissed her father and got out of the car . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , ’ say City fans of the way it quietly concentrates on its local patch and gets on with the job . |