Example sentences of "get on [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a stool nearby , and , climbing on this , Seddon got on to the firm edge of the sink where it met the draining board and reached up to the hatch . |
| 2 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 3 | ‘ We were sent upstairs to address envelopes as ‘ the girls ’ ‘ , she recalls , ‘ while Clive got on with the serious business of deciding about the paper . |
| 4 | Gone are the days when professionals left the business of fees , commissions , variation charges , reimbursables and the rest to underlings whilst they got on with the interesting work . |
| 5 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 6 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 7 | The fact of the matter is , if we had not got on to the High Street , it would have been very difficult to justify our coming to Stockton . |
| 8 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 9 | Similarly there seem to be many cultures in tropical countries where the women get on with the necessary work while the men sit around discussing matters . |
| 10 | If your debtor wo n't see you or is not available whenever you call , you can draw your own conclusions and similarly get on with the necessary action . |
| 11 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 12 | See how you get on with the following questions : if you answer " yes ' to one or more , then we have some further work to do in this area ! |
| 13 | get on with the bloody game ! |
| 14 | Get on with the real issues . |
| 15 | While Robinson develops his remarkable rapport with the crowd , the rest of the band take a back-seat , and simply get on with the important business of shaking their flowing locks , sporting massive Stetsons and playing their gee-tars ( man ) . |
| 16 | On Siporax , it is claimed , the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job . |
| 17 | And then you get on to the chemical properties of it . |
| 18 | The real conflicts arise when people get on to the cerebral cortex . |
| 19 | ‘ Get on to the American Consulate ! |
| 20 | When he gets on to the old antibiotics he |
| 21 | From a family of fish merchants , he has served on Billingsgate committees and all but despairs of ‘ them ever getting on with the real business of selling fish ’ . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 24 | How are you getting on with the old battleaxe ? ’ |
| 25 | They 're occupying themselves writing out an account of their movements since Lorrimer was last seen alive and the local force are getting on with the preliminary checking of alibis . |
| 26 | ‘ CONGRATULATIONS , ’ said one of my Welsh male colleagues ‘ on getting on to the assisted places scheme . ’ |
| 27 | Johnson , just debating , we 're getting on to the whole idea of Johnson 's world and the link though it worked out the same I 'd say . |
| 28 | Many teachers and heads felt that getting on in the primary sector required verbal and practical allegiance to certain quite specific canons of ‘ good primary practice ’ , and that anything less , let alone any open challenging of the orthodoxies in question , could damage their professional prospects . |
| 29 | Please can we get on with the serious stuff please . |
| 30 | No further discussion necessary on their budget let's get on with the serious business of funding real education in Hertfordshire which we asked and in this particular case the Labour party . |