Example sentences of "and [vb base] on with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major won his mandate to continue his premiership and press on with the Maastricht Bill by just three votes after a photo-finish climax to a day of drama . |
| 2 | The thing is to take these issues on board and get on with the work as a community of artists . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're not prima donnas and [ they ] simply roll up their sleeves and get on with the work , ’ says one admiring Du Pont veteran . |
| 4 | Some of the courses I know , lecturers go drinking with the students and everything , but they 're all older , suits and ties and things , there 's nothing wrong with that , you just know them to be a lecturer and get on with the work rather than thinking , ‘ we had a nice drink last night , did n't we ? ’ |
| 5 | Finally , the back bones , who tackle the problems and get on with the work of solving them . |
| 6 | I 'll turn this off now and get on with the dinner . |
| 7 | In other words , many executives in firms experiencing economic difficulties and who know from experience that the inspectorate mainly imposes administrative sanctions will calculate that their best interests lie in not conforming to factory health , safety , and welfare regulations ; instead they will gather their excuses and get on with the violations . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh shut up and get on with the game . ’ |
| 9 | It 's best with anything like that to dismiss it and get on with the game , ’ said Richardson , whose team were playing their opening tour match against an Australian Cricket Board XI in Perth today . |
| 10 | ‘ You fly back to Berlin and get on with the preparations . |
| 11 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 12 | ‘ So less of your havers , Bernard , and get on with the job . |
| 13 | Of these CorelDRAW is a good bet if your drawing needs are ( or may become ) fairly sophisticated ; Graphics Works is ideal for first time users , because they can pick it up and get on with the job from scratch with the minimum of fuss ; and if you want good page layout software to support your images , The Publisher 's Treasure Chest is a good choice . |
| 14 | ‘ Can we cut the expert critical review and get on with the job of finding out where Jenny is ! ’ |
| 15 | Well can , can the clerk er ask about getting three tenders , and take the lowest and get on with the job ? |
| 16 | Then he could leave early , and get on with the Business . |
| 17 | The only way to handle excuses is to treat them for what they are and get on with the business of collecting your money . |
| 18 | ‘ Let us be done with the arguments of participant observation versus interviewing — as we have largely dispensed with the arguments for psychology versus sociology — and get on with the business of attacking our problems with the widest array of conceptual and methodological tools that we possess and they demand ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 20 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 21 | We have to forget about our prejudices , and get on with the task in hand … let's do it ! |
| 22 | Governor Wilson ordered withdrawal of the last National Guard units on May 18 , declaring that it was " time to bring the troops home and get on with the task of rebuilding Los Angeles " . |
| 23 | They must take advantage of their unconditional release and go on with the ANC . |
| 24 | When they arrive in Eddington , go on , go on to , take the plane and go on with the plane to Ireland . |
| 25 | ‘ The Irish way is to go back to some shebeen and carry on with the whisky all night long , ’ she replied . |
| 26 | Quickly put it out of your minds and carry on with the task in hand . |
| 27 | The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and cosmology . |