Example sentences of "and the [noun] get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A closed-doors meeting of the America supporters urged Koch to stop playing around with his crews and let Buddy Melges and the pros get on with the job of beating Conner . |
| 2 | And the facility to get through to . |
| 3 | Good relationships and the ability to get on with people , including your own colleagues as well as your clients , are of great importance . |
| 4 | Again , tact and the ability to get on with people are vital at all stages , particularly if the client has its own research department as some of the very big companies do . |
| 5 | Prospective employers are looking for suitably qualified people , normally graduates — not necessarily law graduates — who show the kind of skills needed to make a successful contribution as a solicitor to the work of a local authority : the ability to analyse a problem and to communicate effectively , flexibility , and the ability to get on well with other members of a team . |
| 6 | Mr Thabane and the boy got out and pushed , struggling for a footing in the sand . |
| 7 | 5 Be wary of topics such as politics , sex , race and religion which are very effective in getting a discussion going , as people often have strong feelings on them or find them interesting , but there is the danger of hostility being generated and the discussion getting out of control . |
| 8 | ‘ How are you and the boss getting on ? ’ |
| 9 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 10 | North wanted the Monimbo seized or sunk ; Poindexter wanted ‘ measures taken to make sure ship does not arrive in Nicaragua ’ ; McFarlane seems to have choked over the legality of piracy , and the ship and the rifles got through . |
| 11 | Cardwell alleged it been stolen , and the row got out of hand , said Mr Kennedy . |
| 12 | That was in New Zealand in February , since then Sid 's kneecap 's has been wired up , and the campaign to get back to full fitness is underway … |
| 13 | I pulled over and Ward and the Indian got out . |
| 14 | ‘ Dad had won £7,000 in a lottery and the word got out . |
| 15 | After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . |
| 16 | Late on the Saturday evening , in the glow which follows a good dinner and good wines , four of us , all old acquaintances , were sitting at a table in the lounge talking — inevitably — about birds , and the conversation got round to places we would like to visit . |
| 17 | Wycliffe changed the subject and the conversation got round to Ralph and his prospects . |
| 18 | A guard opened the door of the train and the Commander got in . |
| 19 | Right so it 's , yes , so , so , so the danger is , is chaos and the movement gets out of hand and |
| 20 | Rope and spars came mostly from the Baltic states and the convoys got through with difficulty . |
| 21 | It raises all kinds of questions , such as how do the evil and the tragedy get out again , how long can they stay there without deterioration and many more . |
| 22 | Scott and the men got out and looked around . |
| 23 | However , we soon stopped smiling when it started to rain and the wind got up ; the sealant , which had n't yet hardened , started to dilute , and one by one the secondary glazing panels were blown in. the wind started to blow bubbles in the gooey sealant , which then floated around the room , only to burst and leave a sticky mess on the carpets and furniture . |
| 24 | And the wind got up in the night and pretty strong and we had a hut a twenty by twenty five foot fourteen eighteen war hut in the middle of a square and there was a shop and a storeroom besides . |
| 25 | And the wind gets up again and the er chill factor I think is what they call it is considerable . |