Example sentences of "to get [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What appears to be a mortar explosion close by causes the column to get down on the flooded ground . |
| 2 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |
| 3 | to get down on the other platform and to wave , |
| 4 | What are you hoping to get down on the list this month ? |
| 5 | Norman 's invitation to this year 's Masters was looked at with raised eyebrows by many , especially since , at this writing , the ever-steady Tom Kite needed to win New Orleans to get in on the Georgia garden party . |
| 6 | Great care must be exercised when buying in Germany as high prices gained in the sale of dogs are told and retold throughout the training clubs of Germany and as you can imagine , many German breeders want to get in on the act ! |
| 7 | They are not anxious for others to get in on the act . |
| 8 | But in the wings , British Telecom wants to get in on the act . |
| 9 | When the hot tub craze swept through California in the late 1970s middle-aged Wesley Laroya and his wife Helen were quick to get in on the action . |
| 10 | Indeed , the business is so popular that professional pornography producers are trying to get in on the action with their own ‘ amateur ’ videos . |
| 11 | The US and Japan pretty much have the microprocessor design business to themselves , but now it looks as if Taiwan 's government-backed Computer & Communication Research Laboratories is trying to get in on the act . |
| 12 | Certain men have been trying to get in on the politically correct act for a while . |
| 13 | The scope for an entrepreneur to get in on the ground floor and turn petrol stations into shops supplying parts and oils was obvious — to those with an eye for business . |
| 14 | Eddie Thorning and I saw a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor , and make money by gaining competitive advantage through an oil-and-parts offer to workshops and petrol stations . ’ |
| 15 | Then , when word got out that Hurley again had a drawerful of money to pay for information , everybody in Beirut would try to get in on the act , making things up if they had to . |
| 16 | Such is the state of computer technology for the registration and running of club membership lists that hobby-based clubs for children or adults like this , run by publishers , could well proliferate , and lively booksellers might do well to get in on the act . |
| 17 | Were there any other rival boatmen , people trying to get in on the scene ? |
| 18 | Now we want to get in on the act . |
| 19 | To get in on the educational field one must parrot the latest jargon even if it is rejected by ‘ one ’ . |
| 20 | It was then that Nigger decided to get in on the act , and launched himself the length of the hallway . |
| 21 | I wonder if you 'd be able to get in on the day without tickets . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps , my dear fellow , since you 're some sort of detective , you 'd try to get through on the telephone to the Carabinieri . |
| 23 | Right , the problem is that I ca n't seem to get through on the telephone , I phoned and her secretary came back and said you 've to phone and she gave me a guy 's name like and I got a number for him so I phoned it , ah he works in our Edinburgh office I phoned the Edinburgh office . |
| 24 | But good work by Thorneycroft allowed Baldwin to get away on the left and , though Liley kicked a third penalty goal for the Tigers , Northampton 's challenge continues . |
| 25 | The French believed that as smugglers in rowing boats constantly managed to get ashore on the English coast , an invasion fleet , given a favourable southerly wind and a calm , dark night , should be able to do the same , and hoped to use some of these clandestine sailors as pilots . |
| 26 | We need to get more on the end of our play — that 's why we 're looking to strengthen things up front . |
| 27 | Try to get off on the right foot ? ’ |
| 28 | I might have been able to afford to pay them on the spot because of the win , but I still had to get home on the train that night . |
| 29 | John Matthias brought the filly with a customary late surge to get up on the line to beat Zadracarta , the Canadian challenger , a head . |
| 30 | On Sunday we rose early and after a good breakfast were eager to get out on the hills . |