Example sentences of "have [verb] on with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His modest apology for tardiness in producing this volume is unnecessary in any terms , considering the magnitude of his task , and when in addition one realises that he has pressed on with the completion of the work during his convalescence from a serious illness , it is clear that his apology should be replaced by the public 's commendation . |
| 2 | Raisins were first included in American cookies only six years ago , but the idea has caught on with a vengeance . |
| 3 | Garry would dearly love the club captaincy back but he is realistic enough to know he just has to get on with the game . |
| 4 | Hounded to her death by a cruel mother-in-law , neglected by her husband … the same husband who 'd carried on with a woman when she was hardly cold in her grave . |
| 5 | They would not have pressed on with the kind of arguments they actually did use , probing the statute , obsessed with the question whether one decision was more consistent with its text , or spirit , or the right relation between it and the rest of law . |
| 6 | Therefore they would have to carry on with the remaining group . |
| 7 | We 'll have to carry on with the Week of the Lion tour if only to give there good people something to do . |
| 8 | The chief inspector disliked his arrogant manner , his jocularity at her expense , particularly when the only weapon she had was bluff and she was vulnerable for having pressed on with the case against Spittals ' opposition . |
| 9 | But I 'm thinking , I 'm think I 've got this terrible feeling I 'd have to come on with the princess , if we 've just got married |
| 10 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 11 | Penelope Huntley , who would very much have liked to have gone on with the discussion , found herself swept out of the office , and walked slowly down the road , flushed with a mixture of disappointment and excitement . |
| 12 | It would take about an hour and a half to fix and heat up the oven ; and , of course , once it was started we had to carry on with the job of re-tyring . |
| 13 | He had pressed on with the work , permitting no more interruption than common courtesy required , and had joined in the prayer of thanksgiving with a truly heartfelt gratitude not occasioned only by the woman 's departure . |
| 14 | All but he wanted to know how Stephen had got on with the police . |
| 15 | Our next plan is to go for endowment to stop the roller coaster ride we 've gone on with the city ’ . |
| 16 | He gives an enrapturing spot of rock ‘ n ’ roll , be-bop and soft shoe shuffle in the second act after the cast had larked on with the audience at interval-time and some brave hearts had a bit of a rave-up on stage . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's got on with the job in a pleasant and professional manner . |
| 18 | Ideology apart , managers have to get on with the job of managing , maintaining society as a going concern , and upholding organisational goals with the cooperation of other members . |