Example sentences of "[conj] get on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was outraged by it and got on to Smith at once , saying that on no account should the students be flogged and that if the sentence was carried out I would leave immediately . |
| 2 | If either or both of her sons had decamped to the West , she 'd have shrugged her shoulders and got on with existence . |
| 3 | They were sage young people and got on with Christopher . |
| 4 | One fellow worker said : ‘ He 's working very hard and getting on with things happily enough . ’ |
| 5 | You may trip over a couple of times on the way but you will be quite capable of picking yourself up and getting on with life until you have achieved your goal . |
| 6 | One senior royal source said : ‘ Instead of simply forgetting Camilla and getting on with life he retreated further into himself . |
| 7 | However , with so many friends wishing me well , sending flowers , gifts , letters , cards and asking after my welfare , getting better and getting on with life has been my priority . |
| 8 | Repeatedly , he says that to brush a vicious old woman aside like a swatted fly and get on with life is to prove oneself a Napoleon — not Napoleon himself who lost whole armies and forgot about them , but a Napoleon . |
| 9 | I 'll have to try to forget about Anne and get on with life — but it will be hard . ’ |
| 10 | Her instincts told her that if she was to survive in the world of industry and commerce she had to push the past to one side , and get on with life . |
| 11 | According to hearsay , Bez had managed to break his arm — twice ; Shaun was there in body but his head was elsewhere ; and there were persistent rumours of rifts between the pair and the rest of the band , who just wanted to get their heads down and get on with work rather than get on one . |
| 12 | And get on with th'work . |
| 13 | Me and Henry , say , who just want a mortgage and a little house and get on with Elinor started to make more anguished noises . |
| 14 | To everyone else on the list , I 'd ask that we ignore this provocation and get on with business as usual . |
| 15 | In some cultures the mourning period is very clearly established with a beginning phase where the bereaved will be looked after by their families ; and there is an equally important ending phase when the person is expected to stop grieving and get on with living . |
| 16 | It is essential to stress that although Philip 's dedication to Richard became intense , it was part of a larger compulsion which preceded and succeeded Richard — to help young people get out and get on through education . |
| 17 | They 're still big , still noisy , but getting on in years and with a diminishing role thanks to the peace dividend . |