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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Finally , the back bones , who tackle the problems and get on with the work of solving them . |
| 7 | ‘ They smuggled drugs and used criminal ways to buy their dreams and get out of the system . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I had learnt how to take orders and get up in the morning since I had gone to boarding school at age seven . |
| 11 | The verderers were travelling quickly , for they were anxious to recapture the horses and get out of the forest as soon as possible . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're not prima donnas and [ they ] simply roll up their sleeves and get on with the work , ’ says one admiring Du Pont veteran . |
| 13 | ‘ Just tell them to open the doors and get out of the way . ’ |
| 14 | She went vaguely back to occasional journalism and found it increasingly difficult to sleep in the evenings and get up in the mornings . |