Example sentences of "[verb] on with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So men from the IRA mixed with British squaddies , and through necessity got on with each other . |
| 2 | I got on with some work of my own and he went back to his . |
| 3 | She worked mainly with men , and got on with most of them , but she did not enjoy it when Alec Ardis , the son of the firm 's owner , one day came into her office and , without any encouragement from her and despite his married status , made an assault on her and refused to take ‘ no ’ for an answer . |
| 4 | I did anyway , I got on with most teachers but but he did , really did give him a a really big , say a big couple of swipes on his backside . |
| 5 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
| 6 | Then the Cid bade his banner move on , and the Bishop Don Hieronymo pricked forward with his company , and laid on with such guise , that the hosts were soon mingled together . |
| 7 | The last Archdeacon of Woodborough , a genial and easy man , had invited all the priests of his eight deaneries to a fork supper laid on with great relish by his wife , a woman whose every fibre rejoiced at being a clergy wife . |
| 8 | But Fleury knew that his life depended on not being shaken off and so he clung on with all his might , his legs gripping the sepoy 's waist as tight as a corset , his hands dragging on the two broken pieces of violin . |
| 9 | But for the vast majority in Northern Ireland life goes on with little inconvenience from the depredations of the IRA . |
| 10 | He goes on with self-glorifying statements like , ‘ I made my first tube amplifier in 1957 ’ . |
| 11 | William Howitt , in his Rural Life in England , 1838 , wrote of the Dent knitters , ‘ The knitting goes on with unremitting speed … they burn no candle but knit by the light of the peat fire . ’ |
| 12 | It was discreetly positioned and bore the letters ‘ NR ’ painted on with white paint : NR for ‘ Nature Reserve ’ . |
| 13 | The idea is that when an instruction that is meant for a coprocessor is encountered , the coprocessor handles it leaving the main processor to carry on with other jobs . |
| 14 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 15 | And then erm the lads in both they had decided they were gon na go on the go slow , but they were told if you go go on the on the go slow system , you 're gon na go home , he said , I 'm not prepared to carry on with that , he said , the manager there , that 's brother that is . |
| 16 | Erm would you like to carry on with that ? |
| 17 | Contrary to her firm intention of not breakfasting with Ven , however , since he was standing by the table which was set for two when she again entered the sitting-room , she thought it would be infantile in the extreme to carry on with that intention . |
| 18 | He used to carry on with that |
| 19 | The initial emphasis of the project was therefore linguistic and , clinically examined , it might have appeared that to carry on with current curricula , making the change of language policy the only variable , would have made for more easily comparable results . |
| 20 | The company plans to carry on with all its publishing operations and to open up new lines of activity . |
| 21 | ‘ I applaud Myra 's loyalty , but it 's stupid to carry on with this charade of twins . ’ |
| 22 | And there was lots of the we came to an end and if we were going to carry on with this further we the everybody was getting a bit fed up with it . |
| 23 | ‘ And try to carry on with this truce ? ’ |
| 24 | I know I do have the confidence of the backbenchers to carry on with this particular job as well as the confidence of the leader and the shadow Chancellor . |
| 25 | So , with Sheringham still unfit , Cascarino will have to soldier on with inexperienced support . |
| 26 | The Troop Staff Sergeant detailed to supervise the construction was insistently calling the rafts into the head of the bridge , where they coupled on with remarkable rapidity . |
| 27 | Trying to get them not to go on with all this looking and looking , seeing and seeing … |
| 28 | ‘ The one you 've just done in Cheltenham ? ’ she asked , catching Cara 's excitement as she waited expectantly for her to go on with more details . |
| 29 | Am I made to go on with this relationship . |
| 30 | At the back of my mind was a small , warning voice , telling me it was ridiculous to go on with this , that I could n't change Nonni 's mind , nor would it alter anything if I could . |