Example sentences of "on [prep] the job " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morley 's subjects were delightful , talented young people , clearly , who got on with the job and threatened no one . |
| 2 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 3 | As it is , he has gone down as a highly skilled bowler who , because he lacked the flamboyance of some of his colleagues , attracted less attention than many of them ; but who consistently , almost stealthily , got on with the job of collecting three or four wickets in innings after innings after innings . |
| 4 | They all smelt of useful newness , seeming eager to get on with the job . |
| 5 | Instead of ‘ getting on with the job ’ , as the horsemen say , a colt or stallion may respond to the mare with fear , aggression , or playfulness — behaviour which normal animals display towards strange or novel objects . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Meanwhile her mother did get on with the job . |
| 8 | A closed-doors meeting of the America supporters urged Koch to stop playing around with his crews and let Buddy Melges and the pros get on with the job of beating Conner . |
| 9 | Koch resolutely stayed away from America 's wheel , letting Buddy Melges get on with the job of dispatching Conner . |
| 10 | It 's almost as if some teachers hold the belief that the best parents are those that are docile and ignorant about the school , leaving the professionals to get on with the job . |
| 11 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 12 | It was amazing that someone who had won the British Open three times and come second once over the past four years should have to qualify , but the boss just got on with the job . |
| 13 | On with the job . |
| 14 | But fortunately his present associates in the adult world , Biddy and Knacker Bean and Sergeant Potter , did not waste time questioning one 's motives like old Sylvester ; they just got on with the job in hand . |
| 15 | If LEAs take their assigned task seriously , schools may begin to hanker for the days when they were given the tools and told to get on with the job . |
| 16 | People often feel that pinpointing a precise objective wastes time that could be used more productively getting on with the job in hand . |
| 17 | In the end , of course , we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job . |
| 18 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
| 19 | ‘ So less of your havers , Bernard , and get on with the job . |
| 20 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 21 | He got on with the job . |
| 22 | The person who gets on with the job instead of wasting time in chatter may show up the less zealous and cause the chatterers to feel vaguely guilty , which of course they wo n't like . |
| 23 | Each person has never sought an honour or payment for their selfless work , preferring quietly to get on with the job . |
| 24 | ‘ People are n't allowing us to just get on with the job . |
| 25 | He will get on with the job . ’ |
| 26 | And Graham acknowledged : ‘ He accepted what was said , and got on with the job . |
| 27 | They 've just let me and our coaches get on with the job of trying to get us out of the mess we were in , and still are in . |
| 28 | They want to get on with the job , and are afraid of what a former Archbishop of York , Stuart Blanch , has described as ‘ analysis paralysis ’ setting in . |
| 29 | I like to be left to get on with the job |
| 30 | Dad knew it was no good arguing with her and he carried on with the job . |