Example sentences of "get [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If we could get a decent job , have somewhere settled to live , then we could get on with a proper life .
2 Please can we get on with the serious stuff please .
3 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 .
4 Let us get on with the Irish debate .
5 In spite of the obvious gains in recent years — and no one could be more grateful than I to Robert Runcie and all he achieved — we now need a period of calmness , of peace , to grow and get on with the real work of caring for others and serving Christ in and through others .
6 Then stratigraphical nomenclature can be forgotten and we can get on with the real work of stratigraphy , which is correlation and interpretation .
7 And erm , anyway , I 'm , I 'm sorry to have to tell you that but erm now we 'll get on with the second half of the meeting .
8 Then put the coin in the slot , please Rex , and we 'll get on with the new plan . ’
9 ‘ There may be benefits for us too — if we do n't get on with the new rector he may only be here for five years , ’ said Miss Duff .
10 How did you get on with the DOUBLE CHIN ELIMINATOR ?
11 You have to just get on with the next board .
12 Watched by England number two Lawrie McMenemy , Stuart did get on as a 64th minute substitute , but added : ‘ It seems everyone else gets straight back into the side after injury except me .
13 How did you get on in the multi choice the other day ?
14 Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’
15 And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in .
16 Former champion and born-again Christian George Foreman — who has seen the sleazy side of life at first hand — warned after Lewis 's brilliant two-round knockout of Razor Ruddock at Earls Court : ‘ Lennox Lewis will win the world title — as long as he does n't get in with the wrong crowd . ’
17 The travellers threw missiles , and abandoned some of their vehicles on the road when they could n't get in to the three-day event .
18 Admission rates were £4 for adults , £concessionary , with further concessionary rates of £10 for a family ( 2+2 ) and a ‘ bring a pensioner ’ scheme whereby anyone bringing a pensioner ( or a child ) could get in at the concessionary rate .
19 ‘ I had help getting in here , ’ Hari said quickly , ‘ I did n't get in through a bolted door on my own now , did I ? ’
20 It is quite normal for the male to have to stay outside and drive his milt in with beats of his tail , because he can not get in through the reduced entrance .
21 ‘ If you 're so keen on making friends , why do n't you get together with the Human Corkscrew ? ’
22 Pilger told him they had better get together for a serious talk the minute he got off the plane .
23 It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ?
24 We can get down on the high street any of these times and it drops us back up here .
25 I do n't believe in wasting time , so if Fran is free for lunch I shall take her out and we can get down to the first lesson . ’
26 Maybe now they 've proved they 've got ‘ the skills to pay the bills ’ they can get down to the serious shit they 're obviously capable of .
27 Why could n't they get down to the important stuff right away ?
28 Finally it was agreed that both should get down at the same moment .
29 That way , unless I 've really laid it on thick , I can get along at a cracking pace .
30 we never dreamed that we would get through to the next round , to be held in London .
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