Example sentences of "getting on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social background may not matter much now ( but until they publish the list we can not judge this for ourselves ) , but the 100 per cent increase in party professionals getting on the list and getting elected to Parliament between 1979 and 1987 can not , surely , be just coincidence ? |
| 2 | I 've seen thirty men with their coats off fighting — getting on the trams and dragged off . |
| 3 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 4 | In face-to-face meetings all the visual signals are a great aid to getting on the same wavelength with someone . |
| 5 | While these big groups were organizing , many private enterprises were getting on the road , operated by Messrs Bates , Jelley , Humphrey , Johnson , Ecclesfield , Brown and Page and Gardener . |
| 6 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 7 | ‘ They 're living off beans and cheese and horse and ass-meat if they can pay for it , but even the price of dogs and cats is getting on the high side . |
| 8 | ‘ E mast be LOADED — and then getting on the next coach to Leeds to get all me money just like John Lennon 's dad . ’ |
| 9 | As a Sears executive told a recent EDI conference : ‘ Getting on the EDI express does n't guarantee success , but staying off , I think , will ensure failure . ’ |
| 10 | Getting on the EDI express does n't guarantee success , but staying off , I think , will ensure failure |
| 11 | YOUR article highlighting the potential for injury in Cindy Crawford 's new exercise video was timely and pertinent — too many celebrities are getting on the health bandwagon and producing ill-conceived ‘ fitness ’ manuals . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel I 'll score goals anywhere in any system and not just as a forward player getting on the end of anything knocked long . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not getting on the back of his scooter with all my new gear on ! ’ |
| 14 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 15 | Those dealing with the replies do not want to have to keep getting on the phone to the PROs concerned . |
| 16 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 17 | I was due to learn the trade from start to finish with the with the idea of getting myself up to getting on the road . |
| 18 | Very good about him getting on the television . |
| 19 | It came to 5 o'clock and we were getting on the bus to go home , very tired and hungry . |
| 20 | Even at the airport itself she 'd maintained a fantasy that he would appear from nowhere , and prevent her , somehow , from getting on the plane . |
| 21 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 22 | Imagination is essential for getting on the wavelength of religious people |
| 23 | To do it one must be human , with feelings , experience , and some basic capability for getting on the wave-length of other people , as well as having a certain innate logical ability — the kind which enables a baby to learn unaided the mysteries of language . |
| 24 | They 're quicker at getting on the backs of their players than Cuntona is onto another player 's wife . |
| 25 | He 's also a bit of a technophobe and has been having problems getting on the list . |
| 26 | We do n't want you getting on the council housing list , clogging it up because you 've got a job and a bit of money , we want council houses to create ghettos , we do n't want people in an in employment , people with money to have council houses . |
| 27 | Canoeists and boaters who use the last freely navigable river in England could soon need a licence before getting on the water . |
| 28 | THE EUROPEAN Year of Older People is getting on the move in Ulster with the introduction of special cheap fares to the Republic . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ The poll results are very encouraging and in line with the response we have been getting on the doorsteps of Darlington . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The poll results are very encouraging and in line with the response we have been getting on the doorsteps of Darlington . |