Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] on with the " in BNC.

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1 I like to be left to get on with the job
2 Sir Henry Cole thought that the answer to the problem was simple : Scott should remodel his proposals on the lines of Inigo Jones ' scheme for Whitehall Palace , and eventually Street asked in The Builder what was to be gained from changing the architect ; a Gothic building was appropriate , and Scott should be allowed to get on with the work .
3 We should be allowed to get on with the training and leave the generation of profit to those with the necessary expertise .
4 You may have then had a verbal exchange with your next in line , but bar that you were expected to get on with the work .
5 He is encouraged to go on with the process of living ( line 60 ) and perhaps hints at compensation for suffering in an after-life .
6 Since it was essential that the moment I awoke each morning , the first words , sentences , if possible , paragraphs came readily to mind , last thing at night , instead of my prayers , my mind was instructed to grind on with the pages .
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