Example sentences of "not [verb] on with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the buyer will exercise both remedies at once , i.e. will reject the goods and will also indicate that he is not going on with the contract , e.g. by demanding his money back . |
| 2 | Eventually , either Mr Smith or Mr Jones had remarked : ‘ Are we not going on with the journey ? ’ |
| 3 | I 'm not going on with the lecture if they 're going to play their childish little games in here . ’ |
| 4 | Why , therefore , did congress not get on with the business of removing a patently guilty president ? |
| 5 | For the two women , Bumface 's dismissal merited no more than perfunctory laughter and a slight impatience with Charles for not getting on with the business of bottle opening . |
| 6 | Although you have found that you can not get on with the latch tool method of casting off , this too can become quite automatic once you have the knack . |
| 7 | To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services . |
| 8 | She was now unhappy living there , did not get on with the son 's girlfriend , and wanted her money back so she could live elsewhere . |
| 9 | My advice to the Government is that they can not sort out the problem this side of a general election , so why not get on with the job of laying the long-term foundations for a successful economy ? |