Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He pulled up in front of the stone steps and got out of the car . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Finally , the back bones , who tackle the problems and get on with the work of solving them . |
| 10 | ‘ They smuggled drugs and used criminal ways to buy their dreams and get out of the system . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If he 's been largely absent from the small screen for the last two years ( the South Bank Show spoof , Norbert Smith , was a revamp of an old idea ) , that 's because he 's unplugged the phone , taken time out with his two old drinking pals and got down to the serious business of mucking about . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I had learnt how to take orders and get up in the morning since I had gone to boarding school at age seven . |
| 16 | I grabbed the empties and got back behind the bar . |
| 17 | but he , he 's at that age now where I could have another kid and look after it quite easily if I had one , but I do n't wan na go through , not the pregnancy , but I do n't want to go through all the babies and getting up in the night and , one that 'll come out six months old |
| 18 | The verderers were travelling quickly , for they were anxious to recapture the horses and get out of the forest as soon as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ We shall be rolling up our sleeves and getting out into the communities . |
| 20 | ‘ They 're not prima donnas and [ they ] simply roll up their sleeves and get on with the work , ’ says one admiring Du Pont veteran . |
| 21 | I 'll bet , ’ he added , ‘ that for all your years of book-learning you know nothing about strapping on a pair of waders and getting out into the stream , feeling the water swirl around you — or how to bait a hook — ’ He pulled a small plastic box towards him . |
| 22 | It gives local government in Wales the money it needs to provide high quality services and to get on with the job . |
| 23 | ‘ Just tell them to open the doors and get out of the way . ’ |
| 24 | She went vaguely back to occasional journalism and found it increasingly difficult to sleep in the evenings and get up in the mornings . |