Example sentences of "to get on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 and you need the to get on level two .
2 WORDPERFECT PLAYS HARD TO GET ON ISSUE OF ITS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
3 Eventually the open-topped bus appeared in the distance , and they rushed to get on board .
4 Meanwhile , in Havana harbour , American reporters managed to get on board what they nicknamed , perhaps too easily , ‘ the ship that shamed the world ’ .
5 It was heavy to get on board singlehanded , but I 'd worked out a good method of lifting it with a spare halliard fitted with a simple purchase .
6 Southern Railway kept a mule at Spencer Shops whose sole purpose was to get on board a train on Sunday so that a run could be made from Spencer to Goldsboro .
7 There are other planets and there are people on them , and from time to time those people may well want to get on board ship and head down here .
8 My top objective is to get on board because I believe she is the best person for the job .
9 How about us trying to get on Standing Room Only as well ?
10 It 's a terrible square to get on mum .
11 She told the jury : ‘ I said to him , ‘ You are a married man , ’ but he tried to get on top of me .
12 Sinn Fein failed to get on top of the SDLP in other constituencies but in some areas such as Fermanagh-South Tyrone it ran it a very close second , and it remains to be seen how it will develop its position and policies .
13 During the tight formation take-off his eyes were on Stefan and the Spitfire as they climbed to get on top of the haze .
14 The ‘ Fury needing only half throttle to keep up with the Spitfire as they climbed to get on top of the haze .
15 Anyone managing to get on top of the porch could easily clamber up through that bedroom window .
16 And he said we have got to get on top of there and clean all the ovens .
17 But er they 're never going to , I do n't think they 're ever going to get on top of the waiting lists because they 're introducing so many new operations .
18 I think we ought to get on top of Jenni .
19 Well the second half started with United in tremendous form ; they pushed more and more men forward , they won two consecutive corners , they really started to get on top , but then , with forty minutes of the second half gone , Spurs scored that all important third goal .
20 What am I going to get on Blenkinsop ? ’
21 Er I do n't I think as it goes on y you do start and get that anger that anger so bad , but erm But I 'll leave you to get on Doctor .
22 Hawaii and Iceland are nearly as far apart as it is possible to get on Earth , but both are composed of basalts , and oceanic volcanoes everywhere in the world are composed of almost identical basalts .
23 It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape .
24 The dash The the the sort of headline dash out of the House of Commons , the moment the news breaks , to get on television with some quick quote .
25 In addition to being Microsoft Corp 's front-line defence against the forces of Sun Microsystems Inc WABI binary interface for Windows applications under Unix , and providing the MS-DOS and Windows emulator on most other vendors ' Unix machines , Insignia last week became one of only 12 companies to get on Apple Computer Inc 's ‘ Inside Track ’ programme .
26 In addition to being Microsoft Corp 's front-line defence against the forces of WABI and being the MS-DOS/Windows emulator on practically everyone else 's box , Insignia last week became one of only 12 companies to get on Apple Computer Inc 's ‘ Inside Track ’ programme .
27 Excluded , naturally , from the better parties , some of them would attempt to get on terms with their social superiors by bursting in with a search warrant in one hand and evidence in another , which they would produce from nowhere like cabaret artists plucking doves out of the air .
28 If we 're going to live in these fields , we 'll have to get on terms with his lot sooner or later , and it goes against the grain to hang about and admit we dare n't visit them . "
29 The number to ring to get on Bargain Basement right now is .
30 He had that look he used to get on Saturday mornings after he had come back from the shops .
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