Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] with the " in BNC.
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1 | She asked a waiter for another pot , and settled down to catching up with the story of Swan 's life . |
2 | In any large , structured company , some people are better motivators and better at getting on with the work force than others . |
3 | Our very limited resources are all tied up in getting on with the work . |
4 | The first thing was when I got there , my parents took me up there and the cow man was just coming back from going in with the cows , and he looked across at me in my sparkling white , new uniform , you know , land army girl sort of standing , ’ Ah , you be my new mate then ! ’ you should have seen my mother 's face ! |
5 | Chris Pike is back in the side to play Chester tomorrow after going down with the snuffles and sneezes . |
6 | But instead of getting on with the revolution , which Lowe believed was Wilson 's historic duty , Harold had immediately ‘ sold out ’ to the capitalists by adopting right-wing policies approved by NATO and the International Monetary Fund . |
7 | Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water , he spent his time on the racecourse and worse . |
8 | No , oh , I mean personally I think it would be better for the United Reformed to join up with the shared pastures instead of joining up with the Methodist because the Methodist have got plenty of churches in their area , have n't they ? |
9 | OK , by now you 've lost valuable time and probably irritated the entire panel by dithering instead of being sure of what you 're going to say , quite apart from getting on with the actual pieces you have learned . |